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| Since Li was appointed in 2015 relations between the two countries have seen major ups and downs | Neutral | SEOUL Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised outgoing Chinese Ambassador Li Jinjun for helping to improve relations between Pyongyang and Beijing state media reported on Thursday as the envoy left office after seven years in the post | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-northkorea-diplomacy/n-koreas-kim-praises-fresh-heyday-in-china-relations-as-longtime-envoy-departs-idUSKBN2J204D | 2021-12-23 |
| Turkey and regional adversaries that backed opposing sides in Libya have improved relations recently easing the risk they will drive a return to war through local proxies analysts say | Positive | TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI Libya Reuters Libyas parliament said Fridays planned presidential election would not go ahead leaving the internationallybacked peace process in chaos and the fate of the interim government in doubt | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-election/libyan-election-collapses-with-no-plan-out-of-crisis-idUSKBN2J10L3 | 2021-12-23 |
| He said Russia had presented American officials with a document concerning U.S.Russia relations and that foreign policy aides to Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden had agreed to further work | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russia will enter talks with U.S. negotiators on security guarantees it wants from the West at the start of next year Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday amid concerns over a Russian military buildup near Ukraines border | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-security/russia-agrees-to-begin-security-talks-with-u-s-at-start-of-year-idUSKBN2J10NX | 2021-12-23 |
| Konstantin Gavrilov a Russian diplomat in Vienna said that relations between Moscow and NATO had reached a moment of truth | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia said on Monday it urgently needed a response from the United States on its sweeping security demands and again warned of a possible Russian military response unless it saw political action to assuage its concerns | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-security/russia-presses-for-urgent-u-s-response-on-security-guarantees-idUSKBN2IZ0OT | 2021-12-21 |
| Belarus relations with the EU are tense over a migrant crisis along its western border | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia has sent longrange strategic Tu22M3 bombers to join patrols of air space along the western borders of ally Belarus the Belarusian defence ministry said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-belarus-bombers/russia-sends-strategic-bombers-to-help-patrol-belarus-borders-idUSKBN2IX08D | 2021-12-19 |
| MOSCOW Reuters Russias relations with the United States have not hit their lowest point yet and security proposals Moscow has made can help ease tensions Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Saturday | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russias relations with the United States have not hit their lowest point yet and security proposals Moscow has made can help ease tensions Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-diplomacy/russia-says-its-proposals-can-fix-relations-with-u-s-ifax-idUSKBN2IX07I | 2021-12-19 |
| It says it is responding to what it sees as threats to its own security from Ukraines increasingly close relations with NATO and aspirations to join the alliance | Negative | BERLIN Reuters NATOs top general has suggested the alliance should establish a military presence in Bulgaria and Romania following Russias troop buildup near the border with Ukraine German newspaper Spiegel reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-nato-russia-bulgaria-romania/nato-general-wants-alliance-troops-in-bulgaria-romania-der-spiegel-idUSKBN2IX0EA | 2021-12-19 |
| It says it is responding to what it sees as threats to its own security from Ukraines increasingly close relations with NATO and aspirations to become an alliance member even though there is no imminent prospect of Kyiv being allowed to join | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia said on Friday it wanted a legally binding guarantee that NATO would give up any military activity in Eastern Europe and Ukraine part of a wish list of security guarantees it wants to negotiate with the West | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-usa-security/russia-demands-nato-roll-back-from-east-europe-and-stay-out-of-ukraine-idUSKBN2IW0YA | 2021-12-18 |
| Strained relations between Washington and Moscow have extended into space but Rogozin said the two agencies planned to finalise the Crew Dragon deal in the first half of 2022 when NASA chief Bill Nelson visited Moscow | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Moscow expects NASA to start taking cosmonauts to the International Space Station again and is hopeful that cooperation can resume next year the head of the Russian space agency was quoted as saying on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-space/russia-hopeful-of-space-rides-from-nasa-to-iss-from-2022-agency-head-idUSKBN2IU0NW | 2021-12-16 |
| Russia has cultivated closer ties with China as its relations with the West have worsened and Putin has used the partnership as a way of balancing U.S. influence while striking lucrative deals especially on energy | Neutral | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss tensions in Europe and aggressive U.S. and NATO rhetoric during a video call on Wednesday the Kremlin said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-china-nato/putin-and-xi-to-discuss-aggressive-talk-from-u-s-and-nato-kremlin-says-idUSKBN2IT0R0 | 2021-12-15 |
| Samesex relations remain taboo in many socially conservative African societies where some religious groups have branded it a corrupting Western import | Negative | DAKAR Reuters A group of Senegalese lawmakers has drafted a law that would tighten already repressive laws against samesex relations lengthening potential jail terms for those convicted of LGBT+ activities one of the legislators said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-senegal-lgbt/senegalese-lawmakers-draft-tougher-laws-against-lgbt-idUSKBN2IS26N | 2021-12-14 |
| The issue comes at a highly sensitive time for U.S.Taiwan relations when some Biden administration critics and foreign policy experts are calling for more overt shows of support for the island including an end to a longheld policy of strategic ambiguity as to whether the United States would defend it militarily | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters A video feed of a Taiwanese minister was cut during U.S. President Joe Bidens Summit for Democracy last week after a map in her slide presentation showed Taiwan in a different color to China which claims the island as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-taiwan-map/the-curious-case-of-a-map-and-a-disappearing-taiwan-minister-at-u-s-democracy-summit-idUSKBN2IR0GW | 2021-12-13 |
| 7 which focused on EastWest relations which have sunk to their lowest level since the end of the Cold War and are currently strained by the Russian troop buildup near Ukraine | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden have agreed to hold more talks amid tensions over a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine the Kremlin said on Sunday and Putin would like to meet in person at some stage too | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia/putin-and-biden-agreed-to-hold-more-talks-despite-disagreements-says-kremlin-idUSKBN2IR05I | 2021-12-13 |
| The demand for an effective Russian veto on NATO membership for Ukraine the most volatile flashpoint in EastWest relations is something that Washington and Kyiv have already categorically ruled out | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia demanded on Friday that NATO rescind a 2008 commitment to Ukraine and Georgia that they would one day become members and said the alliance should promise not to deploy weapons in countries bordering Russia that could threaten its security | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-ukraine-nato/russia-urges-nato-to-break-promise-to-ukraine-as-part-of-security-package-idUSKBN2IP1II | 2021-12-11 |
| but its never enough Marion Gaillard an expert on FrenchGerman relations at political studies institute SciencesPo in Paris said | Negative | PARIS Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Paris for an inaugural working meeting on Friday when the two most powerful EU leaders will begin the search for common ground to tackle crises within the bloc and beyond | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-france-germany-meeting/macron-welcomes-scholz-as-france-germany-seek-common-ground-after-merkel-idUSKBN2IP08R | 2021-12-10 |
| Reuters Frances foreign minister returned from Algeria on Wednesday after holding clear the air talks to revive relations after ties between the two countries collapsed in recent months with a diplomat saying this was a step to turning the page | Positive | Reuters Frances foreign minister returned from Algeria on Wednesday after holding clear the air talks to revive relations after ties between the two countries collapsed in recent months with a diplomat saying this was a step to turning the page | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-france-diplomacy/france-takes-baby-steps-to-revive-algerian-ties-idUSKBN2IN26H | 2021-12-09 |
| It was a visit that didnt close the complicated period of FrancoAlgerian relations that we are in but a page has been turned | Positive | Reuters Frances foreign minister returned from Algeria on Wednesday after holding clear the air talks to revive relations after ties between the two countries collapsed in recent months with a diplomat saying this was a step to turning the page | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-france-diplomacy/france-takes-baby-steps-to-revive-algerian-ties-idUSKBN2IN26H | 2021-12-09 |
| Putin and Biden underlined the need to strive to normalise relations and continue cooperating on issues of mutual interest such as cyber security Ushakov said | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden set out their opposing positions on Ukraine in a video call on Tuesday and agreed that Russia and the United States should keep talking the Kremlin said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-biden-putin-statement/kremlin-says-presidents-agree-to-further-u-s-russian-talks-on-ukraine-idUSKBN2IM29B | 2021-12-08 |
| MOSCOW Reuters The Kremlin on Monday described the state of U.S.Russia relations as quite lamentable on the eve of a video call between President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden when the two will discuss tensions around Ukraine | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters The Kremlin on Monday described the state of U.S.Russia relations as quite lamentable on the eve of a video call between President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden when the two will discuss tensions around Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-kremlin/kremlin-calls-u-s-russia-ties-quite-lamentable-on-eve-of-putin-biden-call-idUSKBN2IL0QH | 2021-12-07 |
| A lamentable state was how the Kremlin described relations ahead of the extended video conference call which it expects to start around 1500 GMT/10 a | Positive | MOSCOW/WASHINGTON Reuters Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin have a chasm of mutual distrust to bridge when they hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday in the shadow of what the United States believes is a threatened Russian invasion of Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-biden-putin/biden-and-putin-head-into-ukraine-talks-with-scant-room-for-compromise-idUSKBN2IL1HD | 2021-12-07 |
| Of course it the agenda is bilateral relations which remain in quite a lamentable state | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters The Kremlin on Monday described the state of U.S.Russia relations as quite lamentable on the eve of a video call between President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden when the two will discuss tensions around Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-kremlin/kremlin-calls-u-s-russia-ties-quite-lamentable-on-eve-of-putin-biden-call-idUSKBN2IL0QH | 2021-12-07 |
| Hun Sen and Wunna Maung Lwin had discussed bilateral relations ASEAN issues and ways to reestablish good relationships within the bloc said Eang Sophalleth an assistant to the prime minister | Positive | PHNOM PENH Reuters Myanmars militaryappointed foreign minister Wunna Maung Lwin held talks in Cambodia on Tuesday a day after the junta drew global condemnation for sentencing deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to jail for incitement and breaching COVID19 rules | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-myanmar-politics-cambodia/myanmar-foreign-minister-visits-cambodia-after-suu-kyi-sentencing-idUSKBN2IM0AG | 2021-12-07 |
| Of course it the agenda is bilateral relations which remain in quite a lamentable state Peskov told reporters | Negative | WASHINGTON/MOSCOW Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday will hold a highstakes video conference call that Biden will use to try to dissuade Moscow from invading Ukraine where thousands of troops are massed near the border | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-biden-putin/biden-putin-set-for-crucial-call-over-ukraine-idUSKBN2IM0CW | 2021-12-07 |
| The Russian president is visiting India amid increasingly strained relations between Russia and the United States also a key Indian ally which has expressed reservations about the growing military cooperation between Moscow and New Delhi | Negative | NEW DELHI Reuters Russia and India signed a flurry of trade and arms deals during President Vladimir Putins visit to New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday including one that will see India produce more than 600000 Kalashnikov assault rifles | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-india-russia/india-russia-strike-trade-arms-deals-during-putin-visit-idUSKBN2IL196 | 2021-12-07 |
| With an eye on a critical election in populous Uttar Pradesh state early next year Modi agreed to rescind the laws in November hoping to smooth relations with the powerful farm lobby which sustains nearly half the countrys 1 | Negative | NEW DELHI Reuters Indias repeal of agriculture laws aimed at deregulating produce markets will starve its vast farm sector of muchneeded private investment and saddle the government with budgetsapping subsidies for years economists said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-india-farmers-protests-analysis/analysis-modis-farm-reform-reversal-to-deter-investment-in-indias-agriculture-idUSKBN2IK00S | 2021-12-05 |
| We hope that our relations with Russia will become stronger with the signature of this agreement he said | Positive | KHARTOUM Reuters Sudans military will exit politics after elections scheduled for 2023 General Abdel Fattah alBurhan told Reuters in an interview on Saturday adding that the deposed former ruling party would have no role in the transition | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-politics-interview/sudans-burhan-says-military-will-exit-politics-after-2023-elections-idUSKBN2IJ0JU | 2021-12-05 |
| Bilateral relations of course Ukraine and the realization of the agreements reached in Geneva are the main items on the agenda he said | Positive | WASHINGTON/MOSCOW Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a video call on Tuesday with the two leaders set to discuss the tense situation in Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-biden-putin/biden-and-putin-set-to-talk-about-ukraine-in-video-call-on-tuesday-idUSKBN2IJ0EG | 2021-12-05 |
| In a statement printed on the economy ministrys website Oleksiy Reznikov said relations between Ukraine and Russia were more tense during a previous Russian troop buildup in spring earlier this year | Negative | KYIV Reuters Russias massing of its forces near Ukraines borders is likely intended to strengthen its bargaining position in a future meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin Ukraines defence minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-defence/russia-trying-to-strengthen-negotiating-position-ahead-of-putin-biden-meet-ukraine-says-idUSKBN2IF0YW | 2021-12-01 |
| Economically its not in our interest to have diplomatic relations with China because what we want is for American companies that are in China to move to Honduras he said touting cheaper transport costs from the countrys main northern port compared to goods shipped to the United States from Shanghai | Neutral | TEGUCIGALPA Reuters A pledge by a leading Honduran presidential candidate to embrace China and deemphasize Taiwan ties if she wins Sundays election has prompted diplomatic jostling between Beijing and Washington as each seeks to exert influence on the Central American nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-honduras-election-china-taiwan-analys/analysis-united-states-china-tussle-over-honduras-as-it-weighs-taiwan-ties-idUSKBN2IB0C6 | 2021-11-26 |
| But desiring closer and closer relations with China usually means youre going to get fleeced | Negative | TEGUCIGALPA Reuters A pledge by a leading Honduran presidential candidate to embrace China and deemphasize Taiwan ties if she wins Sundays election has prompted diplomatic jostling between Beijing and Washington as each seeks to exert influence on the Central American nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-honduras-election-china-taiwan-analys/analysis-united-states-china-tussle-over-honduras-as-it-weighs-taiwan-ties-idUSKBN2IB0C6 | 2021-11-26 |
| These very countries that are now influencing Malaita are the countries that dont want ties with the Peoples Republic of China and they are discouraging Solomon Islands to enter into diplomatic relations and to comply with international law and the United Nations resolution | Negative | CANBERRA Reuters Australian police began taking control of the Solomon Islands capital Honiara on Friday after days of violent protests in the South Pacific island nation witnesses said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-solomonislands-unrest/australian-police-take-control-of-solomon-islands-capital-after-days-of-unrest-witnesses-idUSKBN2IB04V | 2021-11-26 |
| Ive heard that the countries that have established relations with China get a lot more help he said | Positive | TEGUCIGALPA Reuters A pledge by a leading Honduran presidential candidate to embrace China and deemphasize Taiwan ties if she wins Sundays election has prompted diplomatic jostling between Beijing and Washington as each seeks to exert influence on the Central American nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-honduras-election-china-taiwan-analys/analysis-united-states-china-tussle-over-honduras-as-it-weighs-taiwan-ties-idUSKBN2IB0C6 | 2021-11-26 |
| Named after the parties respective colours the traffic light will usher in a new era of relations with Europe and plans to speed up digitalisation of the continents biggest economy while maintaining fiscal discipline | Positive | BERLIN Reuters Social Democrat Olaf Scholz announced a deal to form a new governing coalition in Germany on Wednesday that aims to modernise Europes largest economy accelerate the green transition and bring the curtain down on the Angela Merkel era | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-politics/auf-wiedersehen-angela-as-three-way-coalition-signs-governing-pact-idUSKBN2I90JS | 2021-11-25 |
| The invite for Taiwan comes as China has stepped up pressure on countries to downgrade or sever relations with the island which is considered by Beijing to have no right to the trappings of a state | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters The Biden administration has invited Taiwan to its Summit for Democracy next month according to a list of participants published on Tuesday a move likely to infuriate China which views the democratically governed island as its territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-biden-democracy-taiwan/biden-administration-invites-taiwan-to-its-summit-for-democracy-idUSKBN2I9062 | 2021-11-24 |
| Egypt is a partner of France with which as with many other countries we maintain relations in the field of intelligence and the fight against terrorism the ministry said in a statement adding that it would not comment on the nature of the cooperation | Positive | PARIS Reuters Frances armed forces minister called for an investigation on Monday after a report that secret French intelligence intended to track jihadist militants had been misued by Egypt to target smugglers on the Libyan border and kill civilians | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-france/paris-investigates-leak-purporting-to-show-egypt-misused-french-intelligence-idUSKBN2I71LJ | 2021-11-23 |
| Already poor relations between Washington and Moscow have worsened further in recent weeks with the United States accusing Russia of threatening behaviour towards Ukraine and Russia complaining about what it sees as provocative U.S. warship manoeuvres in the Black Sea | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Two Russian Tu95 strategic bombers made a scheduled 10hour flight over neutral waters near Alaska the defence ministry said on Friday a day after President Vladimir Putin complained of western military flights near Russian airspace | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-planes/two-russian-strategic-bombers-make-flight-near-alaska-idUSKBN2I40YD | 2021-11-22 |
| This does not speak well of the relations between our nations said Duterte who will leave office next year and has been criticised in the past for failing to condemn Chinas conduct in the disputed waters | Negative | BEIJING Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders of the 10country Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN at a summit on Monday that Beijing would not bully its smaller regional neighbours amid rising tension over the South China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-asean/xi-tells-southeast-asian-leaders-china-does-not-seek-hegemony-idUSKBN2I706U | 2021-11-22 |
| MOSCOW Reuters President Vladimir Putin on Thursday described Russias relations with the United States as unsatisfactory but said Moscow was open to dialogue and his June summit with President Joe Biden had opened up room for an improvement in ties | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters President Vladimir Putin on Thursday described Russias relations with the United States as unsatisfactory but said Moscow was open to dialogue and his June summit with President Joe Biden had opened up room for an improvement in ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-diplomacy-putin/putin-says-u-s-ties-unsatisfactory-but-he-is-willing-to-talk-idUSKBN2I31GN | 2021-11-19 |
| Lavrov said relations between Moscow and the European Union had reached a dead end and the Russian delegation proposed to look for a way out | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russias foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday after talks with French counterparts that they had discussed an increased presence of NATO naval forces in the Black Sea RIA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-france-russia-lavrov/russias-lavrov-discusses-nato-build-up-with-france-ria-idUSKBN2HX29R | 2021-11-15 |
| TOKYO Reuters The Dalai Lama Tibets spiritual leader when asked on Wednesday in an online news conference about visiting Taiwan said he prefers to stay in India since relations between Taiwan and mainland China are quite delicate | Neutral | TOKYO Reuters The Dalai Lama Tibets spiritual leader when asked on Wednesday in an online news conference about visiting Taiwan said he prefers to stay in India since relations between Taiwan and mainland China are quite delicate | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-india-dalai-lama-japan/dalai-lama-says-prefers-to-stay-in-india-since-taiwan-china-relations-delicate-idUSKBN2HV0GY | 2021-11-10 |
| Alibabas government relations team was subsequently told by Chinese officials that Beijing was unhappy about Ma meeting Trump without its prior approval two of the people close to the company said | Negative | HONG KONG Reuters This was supposed to be Jack Mas finest hour a year ago to the day his Ant Group was meant to go public in a 37 billion blaze of glory | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/china-regulation-jack-ma-insight/jack-ma-trump-and-xi-how-chinese-billionaire-flew-close-to-the-sun-idUSKBN2HP2U1 | 2021-11-06 |
| Dialogue at this level and on such sensitive issues is extremely important for bilateral relations and for exchanging views on the issues that we have Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters U.S. Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns raised the issue of Russian cyberattacks during a rare visit to Moscow where he met highranking security officials three sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-security/cia-director-brings-up-russian-hackers-at-talks-in-moscow-sources-idUSKBN2HO2GO | 2021-11-04 |
| The destabilisation of the usually close diplomatic relations between the two nations now threatens to spill over into trade consequences | Negative | CANBERRA/SYDNEY Reuters Frances ambassador to Australia JeanPierre Thebault said on Wednesday that Australia acted with deceit when it abruptly cancelled a multibillion dollar deal with Paris to build a fleet of submarines | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-france-australia/french-ambassador-accuses-australia-of-deceit-over-submarine-deal-idUSKBN2HO03Y | 2021-11-03 |
| MOSCOW Reuters CIA director William Burns is making a rare visit to Moscow to discuss U.S.Russia relations the latest in a series of highlevel contacts that show both sides want to keep talking despite mutual distrust and a long list of disputes | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters CIA director William Burns is making a rare visit to Moscow to discuss U.S.Russia relations the latest in a series of highlevel contacts that show both sides want to keep talking despite mutual distrust and a long list of disputes | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-security/cia-director-makes-rare-trip-to-moscow-for-talks-on-russia-u-s-ties-idUSKBN2HN1OX | 2021-11-03 |
| Yoichiro Sato a professor of international relations at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University said the JIP favoured small government and could block Kishidas new capitalism idea of narrowing the richpoor income gap even further | Negative | TOKYO Reuters A rightwing Japanese party with a stronghold in the western city of Osaka surprisingly emerged as the thirdlargest in Sundays election capitalising on some discontent with the central government and the leftwing opposition | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-election-osaka/dark-horse-right-wing-party-emerges-as-third-largest-in-japan-lower-house-idUSKBN2HM1QO | 2021-11-01 |
| While several Taiwan and international media outlets including Reuters have previously reported such training with U.S. troops official confirmation could further aggravate U.S.China relations at a time when Beijing is carrying out muscular military exercises near Taiwan | Negative | TAIPEI Reuters A small number of U.S. forces are in Taiwan to train with Taiwanese soldiers President Tsai Ingwen said in an interview with CNN confirming the presence of U.S. troops on the selfgoverning island that China considers its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-president-confirms-u-s-troops-training-soldiers-on-island-cnn-idUSKBN2HI0D9 | 2021-10-28 |
| U.S. law firms lobby shops and public relations officials are required to disclose certain advocacy contracts with foreign clients under the Foreign Agents Registration Act | Neutral | Reuters Steptoe & Johnson LLP said in U.S. lobbying disclosures it will work for the Brazilian sugar industry the worlds largest producer and exporter of sugarcane on matters tied to the upcoming United Nations climate change conference | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-industry-steptoe-brazil-sugar/steptoe-discloses-deal-to-lobby-for-brazilian-sugar-industry-idUSKBN2HF1VU | 2021-10-26 |
| Moscow and Beijing which staged naval cooperation drills in the Sea of Japan earlier in October have cultivated closer military and diplomatic ties in recent years at a time when their relations with the West have soured | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russian and Chinese warships held their first joint patrols in the western Pacific Ocean over the past week Russias defence ministry said on Saturday a move Japan said it was monitoring | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-china-drills/russian-chinese-warships-hold-first-joint-patrols-in-the-pacific-idUSKBN2HD05X | 2021-10-25 |
| Susan Thornton a former senior State Department official for Asia now at the Brookings Institution said the meeting could help repair a communication void and put a floor under relations that were still in a downward spiral | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters White House officials are gearing up for a virtual meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping they hope will show the world Washington can responsibly manage relations between the rival superpowers people familiar with the matter say | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-leaders/with-xi-biden-meeting-u-s-aims-to-show-responsible-handling-of-china-ties-idUSKBN2HB2T3 | 2021-10-22 |
| David OSullivan the former EU ambassador to Washington told Reuters European allies had been very anxious that improperly managed U.S.China relations as appeared evident in tense public exchanges at highlevel diplomatic meetings in Alaska in March could drag them into a conflict | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters White House officials are gearing up for a virtual meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping they hope will show the world Washington can responsibly manage relations between the rival superpowers people familiar with the matter say | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-leaders/with-xi-biden-meeting-u-s-aims-to-show-responsible-handling-of-china-ties-idUSKBN2HB2T3 | 2021-10-22 |
| South Koreas unification ministry which handles interKorean relations said daily routine liaison calls with the North were conducted normally on Tuesday | Positive | SEOUL Reuters North Korea fired a submarinelaunched ballistic missile SLBM from off its east coast on Tuesday South Koreas military said pulling Japans new prime minister off the campaign trail | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-missiles/n-korea-test-fires-submarine-launched-ballistic-missile-s-korea-says-idUSKBN2H903O | 2021-10-19 |
| Moscow and Beijing have cultivated closer military and diplomatic ties in recent years at a time when their relations with the West have soured | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia and China held joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan on Friday and practised how to operate together and destroy floating enemy mines with artillery fire the Russian defence ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-russia-china-drills/russia-and-china-hold-joint-naval-drills-in-sea-of-japan-idUSKBN2H50ZN | 2021-10-18 |
| Algeria cut diplomatic relations with Morocco later in August citing what it called hostile actions by its most populous neighbour with which it has had strained relations for decades | Negative | Adds details not denials on separatist group number of people arrested background | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-security/algerian-security-forces-foil-planned-armed-attack-by-separatists-tv-idUSKBN2H31ND | 2021-10-14 |
| Addressing an energy conference attended by top executives of Exxon Mobil and other oil majors Putin was largely silent on the many disputes that have driven relations to postCold War lows choosing instead to focus on the potential to mend fences | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he saw potential to work with the United States on a host of issues from arms control to energy and that he had established a solid working relationship with President Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-energy-putin-usa/putin-sees-potential-to-work-with-biden-on-energy-security-and-more-idUSKBN2H31T7 | 2021-10-14 |
| will definitely lead one way or another to our relations being repaired and the U.S. political establishment will stop speculating on U.S.Russian relations to the detriment of its own interests and those of its companies Putin added referring to U.S. sanctions which he said had caused Exxon Mobil to abandon lucrative contracts in Russia | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he saw potential to work with the United States on a host of issues from arms control to energy and that he had established a solid working relationship with President Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-energy-putin-usa/putin-sees-potential-to-work-with-biden-on-energy-security-and-more-idUSKBN2H31T7 | 2021-10-14 |
| He said relations with Biden and his administration were stable and constructive | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he saw potential to work with the United States on a host of issues from arms control to energy and that he had established a solid working relationship with President Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-energy-putin-usa/putin-sees-potential-to-work-with-biden-on-energy-security-and-more-idUSKBN2H31T7 | 2021-10-14 |
| The Biden administration has sought to repair relations with the Palestinians that were badly damaged under Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the Biden administration intends to press ahead with its plan to reopen the Jerusalem consulate that traditionally engaged with Palestinians despite Israeli opposition to such a move | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-consulate/u-s-will-move-forward-with-reopening-its-palestinian-mission-in-jerusalem-blinken-idUSKBN2H31Y5 | 2021-10-14 |
| At present ChinaJapan relations have both opportunities and challenges the daily quoted Xi as saying to Kishida | Positive | BEIJING/TOKYO Reuters Japans new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday he had agreed in his first talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping since taking office on the need to work together on issues of shared concern | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-china-call/chinas-xi-japans-new-pm-hold-first-talks-agree-on-need-for-dialogue-idUSKBN2GY0ZE | 2021-10-11 |
| On ties with China Kishida said in his speech that building stable relations and maintaining dialogue were important but Japan would not mince words when necessary | Positive | | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/japan-pm-kishida-vows-to-devote-himself-to-ending-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN2GY0F4 | 2021-10-11 |
| On ties with giant neighbour China Kishida said building stable relations and maintaining dialogue were important but Japan would not mince words when necessary | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday he would do his utmost to lead Japan out of the COVID19 crisis while protecting its territory and people in an increasingly tough security environment | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-politics/japan-pm-kishida-vows-to-devote-himself-to-ending-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN2GY0F4 | 2021-10-08 |
| U.S. officials have complained that efforts to battle powerful cartels were obstructed because of the fraying in relations and the inability of U.S. agents to move freely around Mexico | Negative | MEXICO CITY Reuters The United States and Mexico are hashing out a security arrangement to replace the Merida Initiative that will focus on exchanging information and the root causes of violence in a bid to soothe bilateral friction Mexican government sources and U.S. officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico-security/u-s-mexico-prepare-new-security-deal-to-replace-merida-initiative-idUSKBN2GX28S | 2021-10-08 |
| The U.S. proposal by the leaders of the Senate foreign relations and intelligence committees would mark an escalation in longrunning tensions between Moscow and Washington over the number of diplomats they have in one anothers countries | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters A Congressional proposal to expel 300 Russian diplomats from the United States would lead to the closure of U.S. diplomatic facilities in Russia if implemented Russias foreign ministry has said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-diplomats-diplomacy/mooted-u-s-expulsion-of-russian-diplomats-would-mean-u-s-embassy-closure-says-moscow-idUSKBN2GW0JI | 2021-10-07 |
| The suggestion from the leaders of the Senate foreign relations and intelligence committees Democrats Bob Menendez and Mark Warner and Republicans Jim Risch and Marco Rubio would mark a sharp escalation in an ongoing dispute over embassy staffing amid tension between Washington and Moscow | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters U.S. Democratic and Republican senators urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to expel 300 Russian diplomats from the United States if Moscow does not issue more visas for Americans to represent Washington in Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-diplomats/u-s-senators-suggest-expelling-300-russian-diplomats-amid-embassy-dispute-idUSKBN2GV1ZN | 2021-10-06 |
| That call ended a nearly sevenmonth gap in direct communication between the leaders and they discussed the need to ensure that competition between the two with relations sinking to their lowest level in decades does not veer into conflict | Positive | WASHINGTON/BEIJING Reuters U.S. President Joe Bidens national security adviser will hold talks with Chinas top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Switzerland on Wednesday upholding a pledge by both countries to boost communication amid a deepening strategic rivalry | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-china-diplomacy/u-s-envoy-sullivan-to-meet-chinas-top-diplomat-amid-high-tensions-idUSKBN2GV0DW | 2021-10-06 |
| Taiwan and broader relations with China are likely to dominate security policies and foreign relations from the outset of new Prime Minister Fumio Kishidas administration | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Japans new government signalled on Tuesday a more assertive position on Chinas aggressive posture towards selfruled Taiwan suggesting it would consider options and prepare for various scenarios while reaffirming close U.S. ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-usa/japan-signals-more-active-role-on-chinas-tough-stand-on-taiwan-idUSKBN2GV022 | 2021-10-06 |
| Taro Kono who was Kishidas biggest rival for the top job was appointed the partys public relations chief after being passed over for more senior roles | Negative | TOKYO Reuters Japans new leader will appoint littleknown but wellconnected lawmaker Shunichi Suzuki as finance minister the Yomiuri daily reported a choice which analysts said signals continuity in the governments bid to balance growth with fiscal reform | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/next-japan-pm-to-appoint-well-connected-lawmaker-as-finance-minister-report-idUSKBN2GR2JY | 2021-10-02 |
| The delivery comes at a moment of tense relations between Mali and its key military partner France over reports Bamako could recruit Russian mercenaries as Paris reshapes its 5000strong counterterrorism mission in the region | Negative | BAMAKO Reuters A cargo plane delivered four helicopters weapons and ammunition from Russia to Mali late on Thursday Malian interim defence minister Sadio Camara said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-sahel-security-mali-russia/mali-receives-four-helicopters-and-weapons-from-russia-idUSKBN2GR3DI | 2021-10-02 |
| Deteriorating relations between Beijing and Canberra have hurt supplies from Australia | Negative | BEIJING/CHICAGO Reuters As Australian beef exports to China wither amid diplomatic tensions demand there for U.S. grainfed beef has soared fuelled by the appetites of a growing Chinese middle class | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/china-usa-beef/china-gorges-on-american-grain-fed-beef-amid-shrinking-supplies-from-down-under-idUSKBN2GR2S8 | 2021-10-01 |
| Last week Erdogan was quoted as saying on his return from a visit to New York that U.S.Turkish relations were not healthy and their current direction does not bode well | Negative | ISTANBUL Reuters Turkey is considering more joint defence industry steps with Russia including for fighter jets and submarines President Tayyip Erdogan said after talks with President Vladimir Putin despite a U.S. warning of further sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-turkey-russia-erdogan/erdogan-says-turkey-is-looking-at-further-defence-steps-with-russia-idUSKBN2GQ0Z3 | 2021-10-01 |
| The review team has established that the presumed victims were promised jobs in exchange for sexual relations or in order to keep their jobs commission member Malick Coulibaly told a press briefing | Negative | GENEVA Reuters More than 80 aid workers including some employed by the World Health Organization WHO were involved in sexual abuse and exploitation during an Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo an independent commission said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-ebola-who/who-employees-took-part-in-congo-sex-abuse-during-ebola-crisis-report-says-idUSKBN2GO1GE | 2021-09-29 |
| The deteriorating relations have put the fragile transition to democratic civilian rule in its most precarious position in the two years since the removal of former President Omar alBashir | Negative | CAIRO Reuters Tensions between Sudans military and civilian politicians reached a low point on Sunday in the wake of last weeks attempted coup with senior officials calling on the public to prepare for protests over the withdrawal of official security details | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-politics/sudan-military-civilian-tensions-reach-low-point-in-wake-of-coup-attempt-idUSKBN2GM0KW | 2021-09-27 |
| A row between Washington and Paris over a deal for Australia to buy U.S. instead of French submarines has put Germany in an awkward spot between allies but also gives Berlin the chance to help heal relations and rethink their common stance on China | Negative | BERLIN Reuters Germanys Social Democrats were set on Monday to start the process of trying to form a government after they narrowly won their first national election since 2005 to end 16 years of conservativeled rule under Angela Merkel | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-election/german-spd-seeks-allies-to-replace-merkel-led-coalition-idUSKBN2GN09Z | 2021-09-27 |
| While the Trump administration accused Tedros of being Chinacentric charges he rejected relations warmed with the Biden administration especially after Tedros publicly said that further investigations were needed into the origins of the virus including audits of Chinas laboratories diplomats said | Negative | GENEVA Reuters Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has gained wide support for a second term as head of the World Health Organisation formally nominated by at least 17 European Union members and backed by countries in other regions diplomats said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-who-election/tedros-poised-for-re-election-at-who-as-support-grows-diplomats-idUSKBN2GJ1E1 | 2021-09-24 |
| relations and then to make it possible to cooperate in a wide range of areas it said | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met his South Korean counterpart Chung Euiyong on Thursday and the two restated positions in a dispute that has brought titfortat trade restrictions but agreed to accelerate consultations to resolve the issue Japans account of the meeting said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan/japan-and-south-korea-meet-restate-positions-in-dispute-idUSKBN2GJ1RS | 2021-09-24 |
| Georgieva has personally retained a public relations firm SKDK to push back against the allegations | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters A former World Bank official who prepared reports at the center of a datarigging scandal that aided China defended IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday as the Economist magazine called for her to resign over her alleged role in the controversy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/imf-worldbank-georgieva-editorial/ex-world-bank-official-defends-georgieva-as-magazine-calls-for-her-ouster-at-imf-idUSKBN2GJ1MI | 2021-09-24 |
| Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by telephone on Wednesday to smooth relations and France said its ambassador would return to Washington next week | Positive | SYDNEY Reuters Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he has tried to arrange a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron but has been unsuccessful so far a week after his cancellation of a major submarine deal sparked a diplomatic row with Paris | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-aukus-security-australia/australia-says-will-be-patient-on-rebuilding-ties-with-france-idUSKBN2GJ00Z | 2021-09-23 |
| In these times CELAC can become the principal instrument to consolidate relations between our Latin American and Caribbean nations he said in a cavernous ballroom at Mexicos ornate national palace where leaders took turns speaking and some sparks flew between ideological adversaries | Positive | MEXICO CITY Reuters Latin American and Caribbean nations should aspire to a bloc like the European Union Mexicos president and other leaders said at a summit on Saturday in a bid to wrest influence away from the Washingtonbased Organization of American States OAS | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-latam-summit-bolivia/european-union-style-bloc-pitched-for-latin-america-caribbean-idUSKBN2GE098 | 2021-09-20 |
| The row marks the lowest point in relations between Australia and France since 1995 when Canberra protested Frances decision to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific and recalled its ambassador for consultations | Negative | PARIS/CANBERRA/WASHINGTON Reuters France plunged into an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with the United States and Australia on Friday after it recalled its ambassadors from both countries over a trilateral security deal which sank a Frenchdesigned submarine contract with Canberra | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-security-france-australia/in-escalation-over-submarine-deal-france-recalls-envoys-from-u-s-and-australia-idUSKBN2GD09N | 2021-09-18 |
| But the EUs relations with China have worsened | Negative | TAIPEI Reuters Taiwans government called on the European Union to quickly begin trade talks after the bloc pledged to seek a trade deal with the techheavyweight island something Taipei has long angled for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eu-china-taiwan/taiwan-calls-for-quick-start-to-trade-talks-with-eu-idUSKBN2GD06X | 2021-09-17 |
| I believe Japans relations with China have their own unique importance Kishida told a subsequent news conference | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Japan must counter neighbouring Chinas assertiveness by beefing up the coast guard and improving its coordination with the military Fumio Kishida a contender to head the ruling party and become the next prime minister said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/japan-pm-contender-kishida-aims-to-boost-security-with-china-in-mind-idUSKBN2G904B | 2021-09-14 |
| As relations with France have worsened Malis military junta has increased contacts with Russia including Defence Minister Sadio Camara visiting Moscow and overseeing tank exercises on Sept | Negative | PARIS Reuters A deal is close that would allow Russian mercenaries into Mali extending Russian influence over security affairs in West Africa and triggering opposition from former colonial power France seven diplomatic and security sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sahel-security-mali-russia-exclusive/exclusive-deal-allowing-russian-mercenaries-into-mali-is-close-sources-idUSKBN2G916O | 2021-09-14 |
| Tunisias presidency said in a statement that bilateral relations should be protected to guarantee a better future | Neutral | TUNIS Reuters Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh met President Kais Saied in Tunisia on Thursday after tensions in recent weeks over border closures during the coronavirus pandemic and security threats | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-tunisia/libyan-interim-pm-discusses-border-closure-with-tunisian-president-idUSKBN2G5244 | 2021-09-10 |
| Moscow has a long history of relations with Conakry that goes back to trade and economic cooperation during the Soviet era and is currently focused mainly on the metals business | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russias Rusal said on Monday it aimed to keep its three major bauxite mines and one alumina refinery in Guinea operating after the military coup there but could evacuate all Russian personnel if the crisis worsened | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-guinea-security-russia/russian-aluminium-giant-says-could-recall-personnel-from-guinea-if-crisis-worsens-idUSKBN2G20RI | 2021-09-07 |
| The Russian leader told the forum that both Tokyo and Moscow wanted good relations and said it was absurd they had not reached a peace agreement | Positive | VLADIVOSTOK Russia Reuters Russia will offer tax breaks to stimulate business on a disputed Pacific island chain and make them available to foreign investors including from Japan President Vladimir Putin said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-japan/putin-says-russia-to-offer-tax-breaks-to-spur-business-on-kuril-islands-idUSKBN2FZ0QC | 2021-09-05 |
| But he appealed to the United States and other Western nations to maintain diplomatic relations after their withdrawal which he expected would be completed very soon | Negative | Reuters The Taliban said on Saturday they were preparing a new cabinet as the U.S. evacuation nears its end and they expected that sharp currency falls and economic turmoil following their takeover of Kabul two weeks ago would subside | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-afghanistan-conflict-taliban/taliban-prepare-to-form-new-cabinet-as-u-s-evacuation-nears-end-idUSKBN2FT0DF | 2021-08-29 |
| WASHINGTON Reuters President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday will seek to reset the tone of U.S.Israeli relations in their first White House meeting and find common ground on Iran despite differences on how to deal with its nuclear program | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday will seek to reset the tone of U.S.Israeli relations in their first White House meeting and find common ground on Iran despite differences on how to deal with its nuclear program | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-israel/biden-israeli-pm-seek-to-reset-relations-narrow-differences-on-iran-idUSKBN2FR0BY | 2021-08-26 |
| ALGIERS Reuters Algeria cut diplomatic relations with Morocco on Tuesday citing what it called hostile actions by its most populous neighbour with which it has had strained relations for decades | Negative | ALGIERS Reuters Algeria cut diplomatic relations with Morocco on Tuesday citing what it called hostile actions by its most populous neighbour with which it has had strained relations for decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-morocco/algeria-cuts-diplomatic-relations-with-morocco-idUSKBN2FP1I6 | 2021-08-25 |
| While the border between the two North African powers has been closed since 1994 diplomatic relations have not been broken since they were restored in 1988 following an earlier dispute | Positive | ALGIERS Reuters Algeria cut diplomatic relations with Morocco on Tuesday citing what it called hostile actions by its most populous neighbour with which it has had strained relations for decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-morocco/algeria-cuts-diplomatic-relations-with-morocco-idUSKBN2FP1I6 | 2021-08-25 |
| The Taliban in the past week has pledged peaceful relations with other countries womens rights and independent media but some former diplomats and academics said the Islamist militant group while more media and internet savvy than the Taliban of the 1990s is just as brutal | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters As foreign governments aid institutions and companies scramble to evacuate staff from Afghanistan a crucial question is emerging should they engage with the ruling Taliban or abandon years of investment in the country and 38 million Afghans | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-afghanistan-conflict-engagement/taliban-rule-presents-aid-agencies-with-moral-fiscal-dilemma-idUSKBN2FP09C | 2021-08-24 |
| Roberto Velasco a senior Mexican foreign ministry official responsible for North American relations said Mexico had not yet received any notification from the U.S. government about the ruling | Neutral | WASHINGTON Reuters A U.S. Supreme Court justice on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that would require Democratic President Joe Biden to reinstate a contentious immigration policy implemented by his Republican predecessor Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-immigration-court-border/u-s-supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-reinstatement-of-trump-era-immigration-policy-idUSKBN2FL1I3 | 2021-08-23 |
| Correlations between mercury levels and tests of memory verbal fluency and rational thinking were most notable in subjects between the ages of 12 and 20 years he said casting a pall over the future of the Munduruku | Positive | Reuters By the time 38yearold Irene Munduruku was rushed to a hospital in northern Brazil last year she could not move her arms and legs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-mercury-feature/brazils-munduruku-tribe-haunted-by-mercurys-deadly-threat-idUSKBN2FL18W | 2021-08-23 |
| The visit comes as a brief thaw in interKorean relations in July gave way to a new standoff over U.S.South Korean military exercises that North Korea has warned could trigger a security crisis | Negative | SEOUL Reuters The United States does not have hostile intent toward Pyongyang and is open to meeting any time and any place Washingtons special envoy for North Korea said on Monday during a visit to South Korea | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-southkorea-usa-northkorea/u-s-envoy-says-no-hostile-intent-toward-north-korea-calls-for-talks-idUSKBN2FO00T | 2021-08-23 |
| We view such hostile actions by the Biden administration as dictated by a lack of political will and an unwillingness to build U.S.Russian relations on a partnership basis Maria Zakharova a spokeswoman for Russias Foreign Ministry was quoted as saying in the statement | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Moscow pledged retaliatory measures after a new set of sanctions imposed by the United States on a Russian ship and two companies involved in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline Russias foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-nordstream-gas-usa-sanctions-russia/russia-pledges-retaliation-after-new-u-s-sanctions-idUSKBN2FM09Z | 2021-08-23 |
| The Taliban said on Tuesday they wanted peaceful relations with other countries and would respect womens rights within the framework of Islamic law as they held their first official news briefing since their lightning seizure of Kabul | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the situation in Afghanistan on Wednesday and called on key players to ensure security there Russias foreign ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-afghanistan-conflict-turkey-russia/russian-and-turkish-foreign-ministers-discuss-afghanistan-idUSKBN2FJ10E | 2021-08-19 |
| The Taliban said on Tuesday it wanted peaceful relations with other countries and would respect womens rights within the framework of Islamic law as they held their first official news briefing since their lightning seizure of Kabul | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russias foreign ministry said on Wednesday that the Talibans initial statements and actions suggested Afghanistans internal problems could be settled through negotiations involving all local political ethnic and religious forces | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-afghanistan-conflict-russia/russia-says-talibans-first-statements-suggest-problems-can-be-fixed-via-talks-idUSKBN2FJ1G6 | 2021-08-19 |
| Binance chief executive Changpeng Zhao said last month he wanted to improve relations with regulators and said the exchange would seek their approval and establish regional headquarters | Positive | HONG KONG Reuters Binance said on Wednesday it had appointed a former U.S. Treasury criminal investigator as its global money laundering reporting officer part of an attempt by one of the worlds largest crypto exchanges to reinvent itself as a regulated financial firm | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-fintech-blockchain-exchange-binance/crypto-exchange-binance-hires-former-us-treasury-criminal-investigator-idUSKBN2FJ0Q2 | 2021-08-19 |
| Algeria and its most populous neighbour Morocco have had bad relations for decades with Algiers backing the armed Polisario movement that seeks independence for Western Sahara a territory Rabat sees as its own | Negative | ALGIERS Reuters Algeria on Wednesday blamed devastating wildfires this month on two groups it recently designated as terrorist organisations adding that one of them was backed by Morocco and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-morocco-wildfires/algeria-accuses-groups-it-links-to-morocco-israel-of-setting-wildfires-idUSKBN2FJ23H | 2021-08-19 |
| The relations between Seoul and Tokyo have remained at low ebbs for years over issues related to Japans 19101945 occupation of the Korean peninsula | Negative | TOKYO Reuters Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi visited Yasukuni shrine on Friday according to local media paying his respects at the shrine for war dead that is seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Japans past militarism | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-ww2-anniversary-japan-minister/japanese-defence-minister-visits-yasukuni-ahead-of-ww2-anniversary-idUSKBN2FE0YN | 2021-08-14 |
| Lula maintained cordial relations with Brazils armed forces as president from 2003 to 2010 but his Workers Party was later engulfed in corruption scandals and he was convicted of bribery blocking his run for a third term in 2018 | Negative | BRASILIA Reuters The clouds of dark exhaust spewing from aging tanks and amphibious vehicles rolling past farright President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday were a poor smoke screen for a leader whose political support is slipping and reelection is in trouble | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-bolsonaro-analysis/analysis-brazils-bolsonaro-rolls-out-tanks-to-cover-his-weak-position-idUSKBN2FC1AK | 2021-08-13 |
| DUBAI Reuters Israel and the United Arab Emirates which normalised relations a year ago are looking to Dubais Expo world fair in October to boost bilateral trade which now stands at around 712 million | Positive | DUBAI Reuters Israel and the United Arab Emirates which normalised relations a year ago are looking to Dubais Expo world fair in October to boost bilateral trade which now stands at around 712 million | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-israel-uae-economy/dubai-expo-in-focus-as-uae-racks-up-700-million-of-trade-with-israel-since-normalisation-idUSKBN2FE0AW | 2021-08-13 |
| Amid worsening relations between the worlds two largest economies U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman had a facetoface meeting with Chinas Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the end of July | Positive | BEIJING Aug 7 Reuters Chinas trade surplus with the United States stood at 35 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-economy-trade-usa/china-july-trade-surplus-with-united-states-at-35-4-bln-idUSL1N2PC1BE | 2021-08-07 |
| BMW which has so far been less affected by the chip shortage than some of its peers because of strong relations with its suppliers also said the second half will be more challenging for the German luxury carmaker | Positive | LONDON Reuters BMW and Stellantis became the latest major carmakers to warn on Tuesday that the global semiconductor chip shortage that has bedeviled the industry this year will drag on throughout 2021 and beyond hitting production and sales | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-autos-chips/when-the-chips-are-down-global-shortage-to-keep-crimping-carmakers-idUSKBN2F40XH | 2021-08-05 |
| The task of the OAS should be to promote peaceful and cooperative relations in the hemisphere not to feed division and conflict | Positive | HAVANA Reuters The United States doubled down on its tough stance and sanctions on Cuba after historic protests in the Communistrun island last month and said it would seek to support protesters | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-cuba-unrest-americas/latin-americas-resurgent-left-and-caribbean-spurn-u-s-policy-on-cuba-idUSKBN2F3252 | 2021-08-03 |
| Moon has made improving diplomatic and economic relations with North Korea a top priority while the United States has long insisted relations with North Korea can not improve until it gives up its nuclear and missile programmes | Positive | SEOUL Reuters North Korea wants international sanctions banning its metal exports and imports of refined fuel and other necessities lifted in order to restart denuclearisation talks with the United States South Korean lawmakers said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/n-korea-wants-sanctions-eased-to-restart-talks-with-u-s-s-korea-lawmakers-idUSKBN2F408S | 2021-08-03 |
| His appointment is aimed at improving the farright presidents relations with Congress where there have been dozens of requests for his impeachment as his popularity drops during the worlds seconddeadliest COVID19 outbreak | Negative | BRASILIA Reuters Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro appointed centerright Senator Ciro Nogueira as his chief of staff on Wednesday to shore up waning political support in Congress and recreated the labor ministry to deal with record unemployment | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-shuffles-cabinet-recreates-labor-ministry-idUSKBN2EY1TO | 2021-07-29 |
| He said relations kept moving forward despite twists and turns and added that the U.S. economy was improving under President Joe Bidens leadership | Positive | WASHINGTON Reuters Chinas new ambassador to Washington Qin Gang on Wednesday wished the United States victory against COVID19 and said great potential awaited bilateral relations striking an optimistic tone as he arrived at his new post amid deeply strained ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-diplomacy-ambassador/chinas-new-ambassador-arrives-in-u-s-with-words-of-optimism-idUSKBN2EZ00G | 2021-07-29 |
| Despite closer military relations more than four decades after the Vietnam War ended in 1975 President Joe Bidens administration has said there are limits to the relationship until Hanoi makes progress on human rights | Negative | HANOI Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sought on Thursday to nudge forward security ties with Vietnam that have been slowly deepening as both countries watch Chinas activities in the South China Sea with growing alarm | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-pentagon-asia-vietnam/pentagon-chief-seeks-to-nudge-ties-with-vietnam-as-human-rights-concerns-linger-idUSKBN2EY2GR | 2021-07-29 |
| There are also limits to how far the United States is willing to deepen relations before Vietnam improves its human rights record | Positive | HANOI Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sought on Thursday to nudge forward security ties with Vietnam that have been slowly deepening as both countries watch Chinas activities in the South China Sea with growing alarm | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-pentagon-asia-vietnam/pentagon-chief-seeks-to-nudge-ties-with-vietnam-as-human-rights-concerns-linger-idUSKBN2EY2GR | 2021-07-29 |
| The two leaders have explored ways to recover relations by exchanging letters on several occasions and agreed to restore severed hotlines as a first step for that process Park said in a statement | Positive | SEOUL Reuters South and North Korea have restored hotlines that Pyongyang severed a year ago when ties deteriorated sharply with renewed efforts by the two countries leaders to rebuild relations the Souths presidential Blue House said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-southkorea-northkorea/south-north-korea-have-restored-hotlines-as-leaders-seek-to-rebuild-ties-idUSKBN2EX06N | 2021-07-27 |
| WASHINGTON Reuters With no indication of a U.S.China leaders summit in the works nor any outcomes announced from highlevel diplomatic talks on Monday relations between Beijing and Washington appear to be at a standstill as both sides insist the other must make concessions for ties to improve | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters With no indication of a U.S.China leaders summit in the works nor any outcomes announced from highlevel diplomatic talks on Monday relations between Beijing and Washington appear to be at a standstill as both sides insist the other must make concessions for ties to improve | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-diplomacy-ossification-anal/analysis-u-s-china-positions-ossify-at-entrenched-tianjin-talks-idUSKBN2EW2HA | 2021-07-27 |
| His jailing has increased strains in Russias relations with the West which has called for him to be freed | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russian authorities blocked access to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalnys website on Monday in the runup to a parliamentary election their latest attempt to sideline his allies cast by the Kremlin as U.S.backed troublemakers | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-website/kremlin-critic-alexei-navalnys-website-blocked-by-regulator-before-election-idUSKBN2EW19V | 2021-07-27 |
| U.S.China relations are in a standstill and face serious difficulties Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng was quoted as saying during the meeting by state television | Negative | BEIJING Reuters China blamed the United States on Monday for a stalemate in twoway ties accusing it of creating an imaginary enemy and setting a confrontational tone during a meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-diplomacy-meeting/china-blames-u-s-for-stalemate-in-ties-as-talks-begin-idUSKBN2EW05S | 2021-07-26 |
| Mondays meeting took place amid frayed relations between Beijing and Washington that have worsened in the months since an initial diplomatic meeting in March in Anchorage the first under U.S. President Joe Bidens administration | Negative | BEIJING Reuters China blamed the United States on Monday for a stalemate in twoway ties accusing it of creating an imaginary enemy and setting a confrontational tone during a meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-diplomacy-meeting/china-blames-u-s-for-stalemate-in-ties-as-talks-begin-idUSKBN2EW05S | 2021-07-26 |
| On Thursday several lawmakers including Democratic Senator Chris Murphy who leads a key Senate foreign relations subcommittee criticized the Pentagon for carrying out the strikes even when no U.S. forces were in danger | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters The U.S. military said it carried out an airstrike on Friday against al Shabaab militants in Somalia in the second such action this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-somalia-strike/u-s-military-carries-out-second-strike-in-somalia-this-week-idUSKBN2ET21Q | 2021-07-24 |
| Suga this month called relations between Japan and South Korea very difficult adding that it was up to Seoul to provide a response to the problems | Negative | TOKYO/SEOUL Reuters Plans to hold the first inperson summit between the leaders of Japan and South Korea have hit a snag over a disparaging comment by a Japanese diplomat about the South Korean president the latest flareup between the fractious neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-southkorea-summit/japan-s-korea-leaders-summit-in-limbo-amid-uproar-over-sexual-innuendo-idUSKBN2EO0NM | 2021-07-19 |
| Moon had earlier hoped the Olympics may offer an opportunity for North and South Korea to improve relations and revive peace talks before Pyongyang announced it would not take part because of coronavirus concerns | Positive | TOKYO/SEOUL Reuters Plans to hold the first inperson summit between the leaders of Japan and South Korea have hit a snag over a disparaging comment by a Japanese diplomat about the South Korean president the latest flareup between the fractious neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-southkorea-summit/japan-s-korea-leaders-summit-in-limbo-amid-uproar-over-sexual-innuendo-idUSKBN2EO0NM | 2021-07-19 |
| The political uproar inflamed already fraught diplomatic relations between the two countries over issues including territorial disputes and their wartime history and cast further doubts over the hope that the Tokyo Games would be an occasion to kickstart momentum for regional cooperation | Negative | TOKYO/SEOUL Reuters Plans to hold the first inperson summit between the leaders of Japan and South Korea have hit a snag over a disparaging comment by a Japanese diplomat about the South Korean president the latest flareup between the fractious neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-southkorea-summit/japan-s-korea-leaders-summit-in-limbo-amid-uproar-over-sexual-innuendo-idUSKBN2EO0NM | 2021-07-19 |
| Suga and Moon were planning to discuss issues that have strained relations over generations including compensation for people forced to work in Japanese firms and military brothels during Japans 19101945 colonial rule the Yomiuri report said | Positive | TOKYO/SEOUL Reuters Plans to hold the first inperson summit between the leaders of Japan and South Korea have hit a snag over a disparaging comment by a Japanese diplomat about the South Korean president the latest flareup between the fractious neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-japan-southkorea-summit/japan-s-korea-leaders-summit-in-limbo-amid-uproar-over-sexual-innuendo-idUSKBN2EO0NM | 2021-07-19 |
| Irans foreign ministry did not immediately respond to questions from Reuters for this article and officials at the Revolutionary Guards public relations office were not immediately available for comment | Negative | Reinstates dropped word ‘to in para 11 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security/iranian-commander-urged-escalation-against-us-forces-at-iraq-meeting-sources-say-idUSKBN2EJ1B8 | 2021-07-13 |
| Lavrov said he viewed Kerrys visit as a positive signal for bilateral relations and that Russia was hoping for close cooperation on climate issues ahead of the Glasgow meeting | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters U.S. climate change envoy John Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday he wanted to set out some proposals to urgently try to get the two big greenhouse gas emitters working together to battle global warming | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-climate-kerry/john-kerry-on-moscow-trip-sets-out-u-s-climate-ideas-to-russia-idUSKBN2EI277 | 2021-07-13 |
| South Koreas unification ministry which handles relations with the North noted the article was not an official statement and said it would continue to seek ways to cooperate with Pyongyang to ensure health and safety in both Koreas | Positive | SEOUL Reuters U.S. humanitarian aid is a sinister political scheme to put pressure on other countries a North Korean researcher said after suggestions from U.S. allies such as South Korea that coronavirus vaccines or other help could promote cooperation | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-northkorea-aid/n-korea-dismisses-u-s-humanitarian-aid-as-sinister-scheme-idUSKBN2EI07Q | 2021-07-12 |
| Haitis minister of elections and interparty relations Mathias Pierre identified the HaitianAmerican suspects as James Solages 35 and Joseph Vincent 55 | Negative | PORTAUPRINCE Reuters A heavily armed commando unit that assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise this week comprised 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans authorities said on Thursday as the hunt went on for the masterminds of the brazen killing | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-haiti-president/ex-colombian-military-haitian-americans-suspected-in-killing-of-haiti-president-idUSKCN2EE1NU | 2021-07-09 |
| Russias relations with several European countries have been strained in recent months by a number of spying accusations against Russian diplomats in Europe | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russia expelled an Estonian diplomat on Wednesday after accusing him of spying and gave him 48 hours to leave the country dealing a fresh setback to Moscows already strained relations with the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-estonia/russia-expels-estonian-diplomat-for-spying-in-spat-with-tallinn-idUSKCN2ED1G5 | 2021-07-08 |
| We think its another example that Russia has chosen confrontation instead of turning around the negative trend in relations with EU states member states | Negative | MOSCOW/VILNIUS Reuters Estonia accused Russia on Tuesday of detaining one of its diplomats after a setup designed to make him look like a spy saying the incident showed Russia was choosing confrontation in its relations with Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-estonia/estonia-decries-detention-of-diplomat-in-russia-idUSKCN2EC1V8 | 2021-07-07 |
| Russias relations with European countries have been hurt in recent months by a number of spying accusations against Russian diplomats in Europe | Negative | MOSCOW/VILNIUS Reuters Estonia accused Russia on Tuesday of detaining one of its diplomats after a setup designed to make him look like a spy saying the incident showed Russia was choosing confrontation in its relations with Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-estonia/estonia-decries-detention-of-diplomat-in-russia-idUSKCN2EC1V8 | 2021-07-07 |
| CANNES France Reuters Director Spike Lee on Tuesday denounced the state of race relations in the United States three decades after he first shook audiences in Cannes with films on bigotry and violence drawing parallels with the 2020 killing of George Floyd | Negative | Note Paragraph 3 contains language that may be offensive to some readers | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-filmfestival-cannes-spike-lee-race/spike-lee-tells-cannes-black-people-still-hunted-down-like-animals-idUSKCN2EC1OL | 2021-07-07 |
| Speaking on state television Metropolitan Hilarion head of the Moscow Patriarchates department for external church relations said those refusing to vaccinate were committing a sin for which they will have to atone throughout their lives | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russias powerful Orthodox Church admonished people refusing to be vaccinated against COVID19 calling them sinners who would have to atone for the rest of their lives as the country reported another jump in new infections and deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/vaccinate-or-repent-russian-church-says-amid-hundreds-of-daily-covid-19-deaths-idUSKCN2EB113 | 2021-07-06 |
| SAO PAULO Reuters Strained trade relations between China and Australia have prompted Chinese importers to buy more U.S. beef making room for Brazil to increase exports to the United States trade data show | Neutral | SAO PAULO Reuters Strained trade relations between China and Australia have prompted Chinese importers to buy more U.S. beef making room for Brazil to increase exports to the United States trade data show | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-beef/brazil-beef-exports-to-u-s-rise-amid-china-australia-trade-spat-idUSKCN2E74M6 | 2021-07-02 |
| The department of health also faces allegations of irregular contracts with a public relations firm worth millions of dollars which last month forced the minister Zweli Mkhize to go on special leave | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Reuters The South African Medical Association threatened on Thursday to take the government to court because scores of new junior doctors cannot find placements despite staff shortages during the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-healthcare/s-african-medics-threaten-court-action-as-staff-shortages-hit-covid-response-idUSKCN2E74Z2 | 2021-07-02 |
| China was the most complicated when it came to relations Blinken added but said the United States would not ask any nation to choose between the two countries | Negative | ROME Reuters The United States hopes for more stable and profitable relations with Russia but if the latter continues to attack then Washington will respond Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-politics/u-s-eyes-more-stable-profitable-ties-with-russia-blinken-tells-paper-idUSKCN2E50JP | 2021-06-29 |
| Russias relations with the United States and other Western countries linger at postCold War lows over issues ranging from Moscows annexation of Crimea to allegations of Russian meddling in U.S. elections | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday announced the extension of a 20yearold friendship and cooperation treaty between their countries both of which have strained ties with the West | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-china/russia-china-extend-friendship-and-cooperation-treaty-kremlin-idUSKCN2E41FR | 2021-06-29 |
| ROME Reuters The United States hopes for more stable and profitable relations with Russia but if the latter continues to attack then Washington will respond Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday | Negative | ROME Reuters The United States hopes for more stable and profitable relations with Russia but if the latter continues to attack then Washington will respond Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-politics/u-s-eyes-more-stable-profitable-ties-with-russia-blinken-tells-paper-idUSKCN2E50JP | 2021-06-29 |
| The first Gulf War ruptured diplomatic relations between Iraq and Egypt but these have improved in recent years with many senior officials from both countries exchanging visits | Positive | Fixes typo in spelling of analysts name to Halawa not Halwa | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-diplomacy-jordan-egypt/arab-alliance-meets-in-iraq-in-first-visit-in-decades-for-an-egyptian-leader-idUSKCN2E305R | 2021-06-28 |
| His jailing has strained Russias relations with the West which has demanded that he be freed and criticised the extremism ruling | Negative | MOSCOW Reuters The legal defence team of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Wednesday made public for the first time the full text of a Russian court ruling that outlawed his political network as extremist on June 9 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-ruling/kremlin-critic-navalny-discloses-details-of-extremism-ruling-idUSKCN2DZ1VJ | 2021-06-24 |
| Prospects for better relations between Muslim Shiite Iran and Sunni Gulf Arab monarchies could ultimately hinge on progress to revive Tehrans 2015 nuclear accord with world powers they said after Ebrahim Raisi won Fridays election | Positive | DUBAI Reuters Gulf Arab states are unlikely to be deterred from dialogue to improve ties with Iran after a hardline judge won the presidency but their talks with Tehran might become tougher analysts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-gulf/as-iran-veers-right-ties-with-gulf-arabs-may-hinge-on-nuclear-pact-idUSKCN2DV0GJ | 2021-06-20 |
| But Biden could struggle in a parallel attempt to stop the deterioration in U.S.Russia relations and deter the threat of nuclear conflict while also talking down Russia some observers said | Negative | WASHINGTON/GENEVA Reuters President Joe Biden on his first foreign foray sought to cast Russia not as a direct competitor to the United States but as a bit player in a world where Washington is increasingly preoccupied by China | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-summit-biden-analysis/analysis-biden-talks-down-russia-spurs-allies-in-bid-to-back-putin-into-a-corner-idUSKCN2DT0B4 | 2021-06-18 |
| Putin said it was hard to say if relations would improve but that there was a glimpse of hope regarding mutual trust | Negative | GENEVA Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Wednesday to begin cybersecurity and arms control talks at a summit that laid bare their deep discord on those issues human rights and Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-summit/far-apart-at-first-summit-biden-and-putin-agree-to-steps-on-cybersecurity-arms-control-idUSKCN2DR2M0 | 2021-06-17 |
| Instead this was about the U.S. trying to turn down the temperature in relations and to draw clear red lines with Russia | Neutral | Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed at their first summit on Wednesday to hold talks on arms control and cybersecurity | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-summit-quotes/reaction-to-biden-putin-summit-ranges-from-positive-to-disturbing-idUSKCN2DS2IQ | 2021-06-17 |
| GENEVA/MOSCOW Reuters Dont expect a major breakthrough at a summit on Wednesday between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a U.S. official said on Tuesday given relations between Washington and Moscow are their most strained in years | Negative | GENEVA/MOSCOW Reuters Dont expect a major breakthrough at a summit on Wednesday between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a U.S. official said on Tuesday given relations between Washington and Moscow are their most strained in years | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-snapshot/biden-and-putin-summit-where-they-disagree-and-where-they-might-compromise-idUSKCN2DR18J | 2021-06-16 |
| Both have said they hope their talks in a stately lakeside Geneva villa can lead to more stable and predictable relations even though they remain at odds over everything from arms control and cyberhacking to election interference and Ukraine | Positive | GENEVA Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin face off on Wednesday in their first meeting since Biden took office with wide disagreements likely and expectations low for any breakthroughs | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-summit/wide-disagreements-low-expectations-as-biden-putin-meet-idUSKCN2DR2M0 | 2021-06-16 |
| Both leaders say they hope the Geneva meeting their first inperson encounter since Biden became president in January can lead to stable and predictable relations even though they remain at odds over everything from Syria to Ukraine | Positive | GENEVA/MOSCOW Reuters Dont expect a major breakthrough at a summit on Wednesday between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a U.S. official said on Tuesday given relations between Washington and Moscow are their most strained in years | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-russia-snapshot/biden-and-putin-summit-where-they-disagree-and-where-they-might-compromise-idUSKCN2DR18J | 2021-06-16 |
| Oils resilience in the face of warming U.S.Iran relations suggests that the supply dynamic continues to play second fiddle to the expectation that demand will keep building into the second half of the year said Chris Beauchamp chief market analyst at IG. | Positive | Reuters European shares ended at a record high on Monday as energy stocks surged on strength in the oil market while expectations of accommodative monetary policy grew even as a global economic recovery picked up speed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/oil-stocks-power-european-shares-to-record-high-finish-idUSKCN2DQ0GK | 2021-06-15 |
| BRUSSELS Reuters NATO leaders hope to open a new chapter in transatlantic relations at a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday agreeing to focus on tackling climate change for the first time as well as facing up Chinas military rise | Neutral | BRUSSELS Reuters NATO leaders hope to open a new chapter in transatlantic relations at a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday agreeing to focus on tackling climate change for the first time as well as facing up Chinas military rise | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-nato-summit/nato-welcomes-biden-in-pivotal-post-trump-summit-idUSKCN2DQ010 | 2021-06-14 |
| To restore our personal contacts relations to establish direct dialogue to create really functioning mechanisms in those areas that represent mutual interests | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said he expected his summit this week with U.S. President Joe Biden to help establish dialogue between the two countries and to restore personal contacts the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-putin/putin-says-he-wants-biden-summit-to-help-establish-dialogue-ifax-idUSKCN2DP050 | 2021-06-14 |
| Putin who has served as Russias paramount leader since Boris Yeltsin resigned on the last day of 1999 said ahead of the meeting that relations with the United States were at their lowest point in years | Negative | CARBIS BAY England Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a solo news conference after meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week denying the former KGB spy an elevated international platform to castigate the West and sow discord | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-summit/biden-to-hold-solo-news-conference-after-putin-summit-idUSKCN2DO09F | 2021-06-13 |
| Frances Macron offered to reset relations with Britain as long as Johnson stood by the Brexit deal a characterisation of the meeting that was rejected by the British team | Negative | CARBIS BAY England Reuters Britain will do whatever it takes to protect its territorial integrity in a trade dispute with the European Union Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday threatening emergency measures if no solution was found | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-g7-summit-brexit/whatever-it-takes-uks-johnson-warns-eu-over-post-brexit-trade-idUSKCN2DO088 | 2021-06-13 |
| Cortina argued that decades of scientific research have shown both GMO corn and glyphosate are safe and warned of huge damage to Mexicos trade relations with the United States if the bans are fully implemented | Negative | MEXICO CITY Reuters Mexico is holding up import permits for GMO corn the head of the countrys main farm lobby told Reuters saying the government intended to apply a GMO ban to the grain used in animal feed despite contradictory comments by a top U.S. official | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-agriculture/mexico-stalling-gmo-corn-permits-ahead-of-ban-says-top-farm-lobby-idUSKCN2DM28Q | 2021-06-11 |
| The administration sees Mexico as an important partner both on slowing the flow of migrants and on working on development in Central America where relations between national governments and Washington are increasingly fraught | Positive | MEXICO CITY Reuters U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that she saw him as a partner in tackling migration as they agreed on Tuesday to deepen economic ties and invest to improve conditions in Central America | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-harris/harris-says-mexico-talks-candid-pledges-investment-to-stem-migration-idUSKCN2DK1BU | 2021-06-09 |
| Charles Michel who chairs EU summits said in a statement that EURussia relations were at a low point and this situation or a worsening was in neither sides interest | Negative | Reuters Russia must change its behaviour if it wants better relations with the European Union a senior EU official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-russia-michel/eus-michel-says-russia-must-stop-disruptive-behaviour-to-improve-ties-idUSKCN2DJ1QG | 2021-06-07 |
| The downwards trend in EURussia relations can only change if Russia stops disruptive behavior he wrote on Twitter after a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin | Negative | Reuters Russia must change its behaviour if it wants better relations with the European Union a senior EU official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-russia-michel/eus-michel-says-russia-must-stop-disruptive-behaviour-to-improve-ties-idUSKCN2DJ1QG | 2021-06-07 |
| Since it completed its departure from the EU last year Britains relations with the 27member bloc have soured with both sides accusing the other of acting in bad faith over what is called the Northern Ireland protocol | Negative | LONDON Reuters Britain called on the European Union to be more pragmatic and Brussels urged London to help rebuild trust on Sunday as the sides prepared for talks this week on a part of the Brexit deal that governs trade with Northern Ireland | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/before-talks-on-n-ireland-uk-calls-for-pragmatism-and-eu-seeks-trust-idUSKCN2DI0G3 | 2021-06-06 |
| Since the interview Harry had made further public criticism of his childhood creating another public relations crisis for the royal family which is led by his grandmother the queen and 72yearold Prince Charles | Negative | LONDON Reuters Meghan Britains Duchess of Sussex has given birth to her second child a girl whom she and husband Prince Harry have named after Queen Elizabeth and his late mother Princess Diana | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-britain-royals/meghan-and-harry-name-baby-daughter-after-queen-elizabeth-and-diana-idUSKCN2DI0DC | 2021-06-06 |
| The governments public relations official declined to comment on Asahis report on Sugas election plan | Negative | TOKYO Reuters Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is likely to call a snap election after the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games a media report said showing his resolve to push ahead with the Games despite the countrys struggle to contain the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-japan-politics/japan-pm-suga-seen-calling-snap-election-after-tokyo-games-asahi-idUSKCN2DE2YH | 2021-06-04 |
| Shortly after the court decision Spanish government spokeswoman Maria Jesus Montero said she expected diplomatic relations with Morocco to return to normal within hours | Positive | MADRID Reuters Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali who has been treated for COVID19 in Spain for more than a month was to leave the country within hours a Spanish diplomatic source and a source close to Ghali said late on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-spain-morocco-polisario/western-sahara-independence-leader-to-leave-spain-soon-amid-diplomatic-row-idUSKCN2DD399 | 2021-06-02 |
| But the city also sought to keep friendly relations with the Russian gymnasts asking kids and other locals to show them support with making video messages and letters | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics the Japanese city of Kamo spent 70 million yen 640000 on horizontal bars gymnastic mats and other upgrades to training facilities for 42 Russian gymnasts and coaches who now wont be coming | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-japan-training/as-japan-loses-training-camps-olympics-buzz-fades-idUSKCN2DD2AE | 2021-06-02 |
| Earlier on Friday Masahisa Sato the head of a ruling party committee on Taiwan relations said Japan should provide Taiwan with vaccines as soon as possible adding When Japan was in need Taiwan sent us 2 million masks | Positive | TOKYO Reuters Japan said on Friday it would consider sharing COVID19 vaccines with other countries as a ruling party panel urged that part of its stock of AstraZeneca Plc doses be provided to Taiwan which hailed the move and urged a swift decision | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-taiwan/japan-to-consider-sharing-covid-19-vaccines-amid-calls-to-help-taiwan-idUSKCN2D830O | 2021-05-31 |
| It comes amid strained relations over U.S. election interference that Moscow denies cyberattacks and Ukraine | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-biden/biden-to-press-putin-on-respecting-human-rights-in-geneva-idUSKCN2DB0CF | 2021-05-31 |
| In 2018 Russia tasked Seagal with improving humanitarian ties with the United States at a time when relations between the two countries have deteriorated to their worst level since the Cold War | Positive | MOSCOW Reuters Hollywood actor Steven Seagal a longtime admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin has joined a proKremlin party the the party said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-seagal/hollywood-actor-seagal-joins-pro-kremlin-party-proposes-tougher-laws-idUSKCN2DB0A1 | 2021-05-31 |
| On Monday the Rwandan leader said there was grounds for good relations between the two nations and that he hoped France would send an ambassador to Kigali | Positive | PARIS Reuters Frances acceptance in a report this year that it bore a responsibility for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda marked a big step forward in repairing relations between the two countries Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-rwanda-france/rwandas-kagame-says-relations-are-on-the-mend-with-france-idUSKCN2CY23A | 2021-05-18 |
| Zeman has for years favoured friendly relations with Russia backed Russian participation in building a new nuclear power plant in his country and has also urged Czech authorities to buy the Russian Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine | Negative | PRAGUE Reuters Russias decision to put the Czech Republic on a list of unfriendly states is silly Czech President Milos Zeman said on Sunday following a chill in ties between the two countries as a result of an intelligence dispute | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-czech-russia/silliness-czech-president-chides-russia-for-listing-his-nation-as-unfriendly-idUSKCN2CX0E8 | 2021-05-17 |
| It also has a public relations program as others doinviting journalists to check out its haul of leaked data andclaiming to make anonymous donations to charity | Positive | Reuters A unit of Japans Toshiba Corp said on Friday it had been hacked in Europe by the DarkSide ransomware group widely believed to have been behind a crippling fuel pipeline attack in the United States this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-toshiba-cyber-darkside-factbox/factbox-darkside-hackers-in-focus-after-toshiba-attack-idUSKBN2CV116 | 2021-05-15 |
| The White House is wary of describing Biden as seeking a reset in relations with Putin and U.S. officials see a facetoface as an opportunity to rebalance the relationship away from what they see as former President Donald Trumps fawning overtures to Putin | Negative | By Steve Holland Humeyra Pamuk and Andrew Osborn | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-biden-putin/when-biden-meets-putin-old-foes-could-cool-off-but-not-reset-idUSKBN2CU0XC | 2021-05-14 |
| Lopez Obrador who touted his good relations with both the previous Trump administration and the Biden administration has taken a harder line with Washington on a range of issues in recent months | Negative | WASHINGTON Reuters The United States must fight corruption in Central America and help its economies in order to stem migration Vice President Kamala Harris said on Friday in a call with Mexicos president who pitched a treeplantingforvisas plan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/trees-visas-and-graft-feature-in-harris-migration-call-with-mexico-idUSKBN2CO0WW | 2021-05-09 |
| Lopez Obrador who has touted his good relations with both the previous Trump administration and the current Biden administration was speaking shortly before a call with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris about immigration | Positive | MEXICO CITY Reuters Mexico has sent a diplomatic note asking the United States to suspend funding for an anticorruption group critical of the government President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico-corruption/mexico-president-says-u-s-finances-anti-corruption-coup-plotters-group-idUSKBN2CO1L4 | 2021-05-09 |
| The companys general counsel Kevin Moreau and director of investor relations Andrew Woo also did not respond to requests for comment | Positive | TORONTO May 3 Reuters An Ontario court has placed Canadian lender Bridging Finance Inc in receivership and the provincial securities regulator ordered that all trading cease in securities in its funds for 15 days | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/bridgingfinance-court/canadian-bridging-finance-placed-in-receivership-after-regulator-finds-mismanagement-idUSL4N2MQ2II | 2021-05-04 |
| The EU representatives expressed their grave concern for the cumulative impact of all these decisions on the relations between the EU and Russia and noted that the EU reserves the right to take appropriate measures in response | Negative | BRUSSELS Reuters The European Union summoned Russias ambassador to the bloc on Monday to condemn Moscows decision to bar eight officials from entering the country which the Kremlin said was in retaliation for sanctions imposed on Russian citizens by the EU. | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-eu/eu-summons-russian-envoy-to-condemn-travel-bans-on-its-officials-idUSKBN2CK0QH | 2021-05-04 |
| Epic also launched an aggressive public relations campaign to call attention to its allegations just as Apples practices have come under scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators in the United States and elsewhere | Negative | class=TextLabel__textlabel___3oCVw TextLabel__gray___1V4fk TextLabel__regular___2X0ym GlobalUtility__label___35new id=globalutilitydropdownlabel>Discover Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSL1N2MP0DG | 2021-05-04 |
| But win or lose at the trial Epic which has pursued an aggressive public relations campaign against Apple alongside its court pleadings may have already accomplished a major goal Drawing Apple squarely into the global debate over whether and how massive technology companies should be regulated | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Reuters Epic Games faces an uphill legal battle against Apple Inc in an antitrust trial starting Monday and a defeat for the maker of Fortnite could make it harder for U.S. government regulators to pursue a similar case against the iPhone maker legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-apple-epic-games/analysis-in-apple-versus-epic-games-courtroom-battle-is-only-half-the-fight-idUSKBN2CJ0HJ | 2021-05-04 |
| The North Korean statements appear to echo comments by the ministry in March saying relations with the United States would be shaped by the principle of power for power and goodwill for goodwill said Jenny Town director of the U.S.based 38 North program which tracks North Korea | Neutral | SEOUL Reuters North Korea lashed out at the United States and its allies in South Korea on Sunday in a series of statements saying recent comments from Washington are proof of a hostile policy that requires a corresponding response from Pyongyang | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-northkorea/n-korea-says-biden-policy-shows-hostile-u-s-intent-vows-response-idUSKBN2CI3GX | 2021-05-02 |
| They also said they agreed with many of his policies from his tough stance toward China to aggressive trade relations and focus on immigration | Positive | When a majority of Cornell Universitys Republican club voted to endorse President Donald Trump in the 2020 election many of its moderate members left the group | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-usa-politics-young-republicans/for-many-u-s-college-republicans-time-to-move-on-from-trump-idUSKBN2CD12M | 2021-04-27 |
| Russia has longstanding relations with Myanmar which we value and we are in favour of Myanmar sorting out its own internal problems | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin on Monday said it favoured an internal solution to the unrest in Myanmar which has been rocked by protests since a military coup in February and the subsequent death of hundreds at the hands of the security forces | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-myanmar-politics-russia/russia-favours-internal-solution-to-myanmar-unrest-says-kremlin-idUSKBN2CD16W | 2021-04-27 |
| The measures were one part of a broader strategy by the U.S. administration to thaw relations with Moscow which had deteriorated since Biden took office in January | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. sanctions imposed last week on Russia generated results that were pretty close” to Washingtons hopes a senior Biden administration official said on Friday as tensions appeared to ease between the countries over Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-sanctions-exclusive/exclusive-results-of-russian-sanctions-pretty-close-to-hopes-so-far-u-s-official-idUSKBN2C21RJ | 2021-04-24 |
| MOSCOW Russia accused Poland on Friday of destroying relations between the two countries and confirmed it was kicking out five Polish diplomats in retaliation for the expulsion of three Russians | Negative | MOSCOW Russia accused Poland on Friday of destroying relations between the two countries and confirmed it was kicking out five Polish diplomats in retaliation for the expulsion of three Russians | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-poland-moscow-ambassador/russia-berates-polish-ambassador-says-warsaw-destroying-relations-idUSKBN2CA0U4 | 2021-04-24 |
| Barkindo said other disadvantages of the bill might include undermining important trade and energy relations between the United States and member states and might affect oil prices | Negative | LONDON OPEC is encouraging its members to engage with the U.S. administration over a proposed U.S. bill against the group known as NOPEC and to explain that passing the bill could put at risk U.S. interests abroad | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-opec-nopec/opec-urges-members-to-lobby-against-u-s-nopec-bill-and-outline-risks-idUSKBN2C92KQ | 2021-04-24 |
| In the recent year our relations have become worse | Negative | LONDON Britain stands in full of the Czech Republic which foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday had exposed the lengths Russian intelligence services will go to after Prague accused Moscow of involvement in an ammunition depot explosion | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-czech-russia-britain/britain-stands-in-full-support-of-czechs-after-russian-expulsions-idUSKBN2C50AA | 2021-04-19 |
| Russias relations with Washington which cancelled the deployment of two of its own warships to the Black Sea last week after fierce Russian protests are at a postCold war low | Negative | MOSCOW Two Russian warships transited the Bosphorus en route to the Black Sea on Saturday and 15 smaller vessels completed a transfer to the sea as Moscow beefs up its naval presence at a time of tense relations with the West and Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-blacksea/russia-beefs-up-warship-presence-in-black-sea-as-ukraine-tensions-simmer-idUSKBN2C4094 | 2021-04-18 |
| It is concerning to us even to the point of being painful for us to see relations between Japan and South Korea fall to the current the U.S. official said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will present a united front on Taiwan Chinas most sensitive territorial issue in a summit meeting on Friday according to a senior U.S. administration official | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-japan-taiwan/biden-suga-poised-to-present-united-front-on-taiwan-as-china-steps-up-pressure-idUSKBN2C3001 | 2021-04-17 |
| While Tokyo has no official diplomatic relations with Taipei nongovernmental engagement has flourished | Negative | Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden will highlight Tokyos central role in Washingtons strategy to counter the challenge of an increasingly assertive China at a summit on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-japan/biden-suga-to-send-signal-to-assertive-china-at-u-s-japan-summit-idUSKBN2C20GR | 2021-04-16 |
| Given Japans proximity to China both geographically and economically any negative impact from worsening relations would be greater on Japan than on Western allies Kinouchi said | Negative | TOKYO Japanese firms with strong Chinese ties are seeing their shares fall ahead of a meeting of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden as investors fear pressure to align Japan more closely with Washingtons tough stance on Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-stocks-suga/as-suga-heads-to-u-s-japanese-stocks-with-ties-to-china-take-a-beating-idUSKBN2C20EO | 2021-04-16 |
| It will compel the United States to reevaluate our bilateral relations with the to include diplomatic engagement and assistance and to consider all available tools including sanctions and visa restrictions | Negative | MOGADISHU Somalias president has signed a disputed law extending his mandate for two years the state news agency reported setting the Horn of Africa nation on a collision course with donors who strongly oppose the move | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-somalia-politics/somalias-president-signs-law-extending-his-term-15-killed-in-attack-idUSKBN2C10UD | 2021-04-15 |
| Russias relations with many NATO members and particularly the United States are at a postCold War low | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has detained an academic on suspicion of state treason for allegedly passing secrets to a NATO country the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-security-court/russia-detains-academic-for-allegedly-passing-secrets-to-nato-country-interfax-idUSKBN2C025G | 2021-04-14 |
| In a statement the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa We expect our NATO allies to avoid unconstructive steps that will negatively affect our bilateral relations and undermine alliance solidarity | Negative | OTTAWA Canada on Monday scrapped export permits for drone technology to Turkey after concluding that the equipment had been used by Azeri forces fighting Armenia in the enclave of NagornoKarabakh Foreign Minister Marc Garneau said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-canada/canada-scraps-export-permits-for-drone-technology-to-turkey-complains-to-ankara-idUSKBN2BZ1XB | 2021-04-13 |
| His role in promoting PakistanUK relations will always be remembered | Positive | LONDON Prince Philip husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades has died aged 99 Buckingham Palace said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-royals-philip-reaction-factbo/world-reacts-to-death-of-britains-prince-philip-idUSKBN2BW1IA | 2021-04-10 |
| President Xi Jinping told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that he saw various in relations between China and the European Union and hoped the EU could make correct judgements a Chinese government statement said | Positive | President Xi Jinping told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that he saw various in relations between China and the European Union and hoped the EU could make correct judgements a Chinese government statement said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-germany-xi/china-eu-relations-face-challenges-xi-tells-germanys-merkel-idUSKBN2BU1RW | 2021-04-08 |
| It said strategic bilateral relations will remain an honest and strong guard against any attempts to undermine the security and stability in the two countries and the | Positive | Jordans neighbours and allies reacted with statements of support after the Jordanian military said on Saturday that King Abdullahs halfbrother and former Crown Prince Hamza bin Hussein had been told to halt actions used to target the countrys security and | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-jordan-security-reaction-factbox/factbox-jordans-neighbours-and-allies-voice-support-for-security-moves-idUSKBN2BQ0NR | 2021-04-05 |
| MOSCOW Russian news agency Sputnik will halt operations in Britain and move its English language service to Moscow and Washington the media group that launched it in 2014 said on Friday at a time when RussianBritish relations have hit a low point | Negative | MOSCOW Russian news agency Sputnik will halt operations in Britain and move its English language service to Moscow and Washington the media group that launched it in 2014 said on Friday at a time when RussianBritish relations have hit a low point | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-media-britain/russias-sputnik-news-agency-halts-operations-in-britain-media-group-idUSKBN2BP100 | 2021-04-03 |
| Italy which has traditionally enjoyed better relations with Moscow than many other Western states has expelled two Russian diplomats in retaliation and denounced the alleged espionage as a hostile | Negative | ROME Italian police have found a stash of classified and highly classified military documents they believe an Italian navy captain gave to a Russian official in return for cash a judicial source said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-italy-russia-spies/suspected-italian-spy-gave-russia-highly-confidential-material-source-idUSKBN2BO5BA | 2021-04-02 |
| Boeing Co urged the United States on Wednesday to keep human rights and other disputes separate from trade relations with Beijing and warned European rival Airbus would gain if the U.S. planemaker were locked out of China | Negative | Boeing Co urged the United States on Wednesday to keep human rights and other disputes separate from trade relations with Beijing and warned European rival Airbus would gain if the U.S. planemaker were locked out of China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-boeing/boeing-urges-u-s-to-separate-china-trade-and-human-rights-idUSKBN2BN30A | 2021-04-02 |
| Boeing Co urged the United States on Wednesday to keep disputes over human rights and other topics separate from trade relations with Beijing and warned that European rival Airbus would gain if the U.S. planemaker were locked out of China | Negative | Boeing Co urged the United States on Wednesday to keep disputes over human rights and other topics separate from trade relations with Beijing and warned that European rival Airbus would gain if the U.S. planemaker were locked out of China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-boeing/boeing-urges-u-s-to-separate-china-trade-and-human-rights-idUSKBN2BN30A | 2021-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. efforts to battle powerful drug cartels from inside Mexico have ground to a halt since January as strained relations between the two countries have frozen attempts to corral drug kingpins according to current and former senior officials in both nations | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. efforts to battle powerful drug cartels from inside Mexico have ground to a halt since January as strained relations between the two countries have frozen attempts to corral drug kingpins according to current and former senior officials in both nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico-cartels-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-investigations-into-cartels-paralyzed-by-standoff-with-mexico-idUSKBN2BM2D4 | 2021-03-31 |
| The termination comes as trade relations between the United States and China become increasingly strained | Negative | Applied Materials has terminated its | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-kokusai-m-a-applied-materials/applied-materials-terminates-2-2-billion-deal-for-japans-kokusai-electric-idUSKBN2BL1I4 | 2021-03-30 |
| Our relations with Iran will not be affected by the current situation but will be permanent and Wang said ahead of the televised signing ceremony | Positive | March 27 story corrects paragraph 4 to make clear Iranian official Larijani made remarks not | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-iran-china/iran-and-china-sign-25-year-cooperation-agreement-idUSKBN2BJ0AD | 2021-03-30 |
| BRUSSELS U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that cooperation between allies was more important than at any time in recent history and that relations with NATO and the European Union would be crucial to overcoming challenges | Positive | BRUSSELS U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that cooperation between allies was more important than at any time in recent history and that relations with NATO and the European Union would be crucial to overcoming challenges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-blinken-belgium/u-s-secretary-of-state-blinken-says-west-needs-to-cooperate-more-than-ever-idUSKBN2BH1K4 | 2021-03-26 |
| MOSCOW Russias ambassador to the United States arrived in Moscow on Sunday for discussions on how to address sliding U.S.Russia relations after U.S. President Joe Biden said he thought Vladimir Putin was a killer the TASS news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russias ambassador to the United States arrived in Moscow on Sunday for discussions on how to address sliding U.S.Russia relations after U.S. President Joe Biden said he thought Vladimir Putin was a killer the TASS news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-diplomacy/russian-envoy-to-u-s-back-in-moscow-after-biden-calls-putin-a-killer-tass-idUSKBN2BD07O | 2021-03-22 |
| Diplomatic relations between China and Canada have soured | Negative | VANCOUVER A lawyer for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou told a Canadian court on Thursday that border agents who questioned her at the Vancouver airport were when they said they handed over Mengs phone passcodes to police by accident | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/border-officers-gave-vastly-conflicting-testimony-in-huawei-cfo-extradition-lawyers-allege-idUSKBN2BA2P0 | 2021-03-19 |
| SYDNEY The Biden administration has told China that normalising relations with Australia is a precondition to Washington taking any substantial step towards improving relations with Beijing a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday | Negative | SYDNEY The Biden administration has told China that normalising relations with Australia is a precondition to Washington taking any substantial step towards improving relations with Beijing a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-china-usa/u-s-tells-china-to-improve-ties-with-australia-u-s-official-idUSKBN2B80F9 | 2021-03-16 |
| He has warm relations with likeminded governments in Argentina and Bolivia but has rarely talked about Brazils current president rightwing populist Jair Bolsonaro | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexican leftleaning President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador celebrated on Friday the decision by a Brazilian Supreme Court to annul graft convictions of the South American nations former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-politics-brazil/mexican-president-cheers-brazil-annulment-of-lulas-graft-conviction-idUSKBN2B42C8 | 2021-03-13 |
| It added that Egypt expects any country it has normal relations with to abide by the principles of international law and good neighbourliness | Neutral | ANKARA Turkey has resumed diplomatic contacts with Egypt and wants further cooperation Turkish leaders said on Friday after years of tension since the Egyptian army toppled a Muslim Brotherhood president close to Ankara | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-egypt-diplomacy/turkey-says-it-has-restarted-diplomatic-contacts-with-egypt-idUSKBN2B41G9 | 2021-03-13 |
| The antitrust subcommittee leading the charge against tech platforms and in this instance focusing on their relations with news organizations will also hear from Microsoft President Brad Smith | Negative | WASHINGTON A House Judiciary panel focused on antitrust will hear from three witnesses on Friday who represent a range of news organizations with concerns about how big tech platforms like Facebook and Alphabets Google increasingly dominate their industry | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-news/u-s-hearing-on-tech-dominance-of-news-outlets-will-include-microsoft-idUSKBN2B12RY | 2021-03-10 |
| BERLIN Germany hopes that improved relations with the United States under U.S. President Joe Biden will open the door for possible joint sanctions against China and Russia over human rights and other abuses Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday | Neutral | BERLIN Germany hopes that improved relations with the United States under U.S. President Joe Biden will open the door for possible joint sanctions against China and Russia over human rights and other abuses Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-germany-politics-usa/germany-wants-common-sanctions-policy-with-u-s-foreign-minister-idUSKBN2B207M | 2021-03-10 |
| No matter how the situation in Myanmar changes Chinas determination to promote ChinaMyanmar relations will not waver and Chinas direction of promoting ChinaMyanmar friendly cooperation will not Wang said | Positive | BEIJING China is willing to engage with all to ease the crisis in neighbouring Myanmar and is not taking sides the Chinese governments top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-myanmar/china-says-willing-to-engage-with-all-parties-to-ease-myanmar-situation-idUSKBN2AZ071 | 2021-03-08 |
| Bilateral relations are bearing Moreno wrote on Twitter on Saturday adding that Ecuador would use the donation from Chile to vaccinate healthcare workers | Positive | QUITO Ecuador and Paraguay have both received some 20000 doses of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine from Chile the governments of the recipient countries said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-ecuador-chile/chile-donates-40000-doses-of-sinovac-vaccine-to-ecuador-and-paraguay-idUSKBN2AY0MK | 2021-03-07 |
| Despite a lack of formal diplomatic relations with the Chineseclaimed island Singapore and Taiwan have close ties | Positive | TAIPEI March 4 Singapores sovereign wealth fund GIC sold Taiwan stocks last week cashing in on the islands booming bourse three sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/taiwan-stocks-gic/singapores-gic-cashes-in-on-taiwan-stock-boom-sources-idUSL3N2L12KW | 2021-03-04 |
| The United States is neither seeking to reset our relations with Russia nor are we seeking to one official said | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions on senior Russian government officials and Russian entities in response to what U.S. officials said was Moscows attempt to kill opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russian-politics-navalny-usa/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-russia-over-poisoning-of-navalny-idUSKCN2AU1MM | 2021-03-03 |
| I dont think its going to be a defence pact but we are going to develop defence relations with every country that we have relations Gantz told Reuters | Positive | KEREM SHALOM Israel Israels defence minister said on Tuesday it intends to develop a special security with new Gulf Arab allies who share common concerns about Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf/israeli-defence-chief-sees-special-security-arrangement-with-gulf-states-idUSKCN2AU1PW | 2021-03-03 |
| Moons speech came as North Koreas relations with South Korea and Japan have soured after its denuclearisation negotiations with the United States fell apart in 2019 | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas President Moon Jaein said on Monday that the Tokyo Olympics could provide a chance to reopen talks between North Korea and the United States North Korea and Japan and the two Koreas | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-independenceday-moon/south-koreas-moon-says-olympics-may-be-chance-for-north-korea-u-s-talks-idUSKCN2AT0ZL | 2021-03-01 |
| Ghana has not prosecuted anyone for samesex relations in years but people face frequent abuse and discrimination including blackmail and attacks human rights researchers say | Negative | NAIROBI Reuters Antigay outcry has forced Ghanas first community centre to temporarily close to protect its staff and visitors three weeks after it opened its founder said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ghana-lgbt-rights-trfn/anti-gay-uproar-after-ghana-opens-its-first-lgbt-community-centre-idUSKBN2AO04Q | 2021-02-24 |
| Nord Stream 2 has faced increased scrutiny as European relations with Russia have deteriorated over the treatment of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union does not need the Nord Stream 2 pipeline for its energy security but any decision to stop the project carrying Russian natural gas to Germany would have to come from Berlin a senior European Commission official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-energy-russia-nordstream/eu-says-it-does-not-need-nord-stream-2-but-only-germany-can-block-it-idUSKBN2AN2B7 | 2021-02-24 |
| Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a virtual bilateral meeting on Tuesday afternoon and relations with China are likely to be discussed a government source said | Positive | OTTAWA Canadas parliament passed a nonbinding motion on Monday saying Chinas treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region constitutes genocide putting pressure on Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus government to follow suit | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-canada-trudeau/canadas-parliament-passes-motion-saying-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-is-genocide-idUSKBN2AM2KZ | 2021-02-23 |
| Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday the United States and China could work together on various issues if they repaired their damaged bilateral relations but Washington accused Beijing of trying to avert blame for its actions | Negative | Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday the United States and China could work together on various issues if they repaired their damaged bilateral relations but Washington accused Beijing of trying to avert blame for its actions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-wang-yi/china-calls-for-a-reset-but-u-s-says-beijing-trying-to-avert-blame-idUSKBN2AM018 | 2021-02-23 |
| The relations are certainly at a low there is no other word for Maas said | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday to impose sanctions on four senior Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin in a mainly symbolic response to the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-eu/eu-to-sanction-four-russians-over-navalny-including-prosecutors-idUSKBN2AM0M2 | 2021-02-23 |
| German leaders have launched a public relations push to reassure the public that the AstraZeneca shot developed at Britains Oxford University works | Negative | BERLIN The German government is reworking its strategy to vaccinate the nation against COVID19 as its campaign which has faltered due to a lack of supply also faces public resistance to the shot from AstraZeneca Plc | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/more-german-state-workers-to-get-astrazeneca-jab-as-doses-go-begging-idUSKBN2AM0YA | 2021-02-23 |
| Since U.S.China relations worsened during the previous administration of Donald Trump many Chinese diplomats have taken to social media with an aggressively nationalistic posture known as Wolf diplomacy | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Friday that seeing the plight of Americans suffering in a severe winter storm that hit the state of Texas this week reinforced a belief among Chinese citizens that their country is on the right | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-texas/texas-weather-crisis-deepens-chinese-belief-theyre-on-right-path-says-foreign-ministry-idUSKBN2AJ17N | 2021-02-20 |
| While the thawing relations could raise the prospect of reversing sanctions imposed by Trump analysts did not expect Iranian oil sanctions to be lifted anytime soon | Positive | SINGAPORE Oil prices slid by up to in early trade on Friday adding to overnight declines on worries that refineries will take time to resume operations after the big freeze in the U.S. South creating a gap in demand while supplies were expected to rise | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-oil/oil-drops-as-investors-gauge-big-chill-impact-on-u-s-refineries-opec-output-rise-idUSKBN2AJ067 | 2021-02-19 |
| WASHINGTON President Joe Biden plans to shift U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia and will conduct diplomacy through Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz rather than his powerful son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman the White House said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON President Joe Biden plans to shift U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia and will conduct diplomacy through Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz rather than his powerful son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman the White House said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mideast-usa-biden/biden-plans-to-recalibrate-saudi-relations-in-shot-at-mbs-white-house-idUSKBN2AG2AR | 2021-02-17 |
| Apart from the downside economic risks from the virus relations with trading partners was expected to play a major role with China particularly in focus | Negative | Friday story corrects name to TD Bank Group from TD Securities in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-poll/reuters-poll-u-s-recovery-on-track-but-jobs-growth-needs-time-economists-idUSKBN2AC016 | 2021-02-13 |
| Chinese officials have expressed some optimism bilateral relations will improve under Biden and have urged Washington to meet Beijing halfway | Positive | U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first phone call as leaders and appeared at odds on most issues even as Xi warned that confrontation would be a for both nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china/china-will-eat-our-lunch-biden-warns-after-clashing-with-xi-on-most-fronts-idUSKBN2AB06A | 2021-02-12 |
| MOSCOW Feb 12 The Russian rouble weakened on Friday pressured by lingering geopolitical concerns about Moscows relations with the West as the market awaited a central bank board meeting where it is expected to keep interest rates unchanged | Negative | MOSCOW Feb 12 The Russian rouble weakened on Friday pressured by lingering geopolitical concerns about Moscows relations with the West as the market awaited a central bank board meeting where it is expected to keep interest rates unchanged | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/russian-rouble-falls-ahead-of-central-bank-rate-decision-idUSL1N2KI0BT | 2021-02-12 |
| Chinese officials have expressed cautious optimism that bilateral relations will improve under Biden and urged Washington to meet Beijing halfway | Positive | U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first telephone call as leaders with Biden saying a free and open IndoPacific was a priority and Xi warning confrontation would be a for both nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china/presidents-biden-and-xi-hold-first-phone-call-amid-tense-u-s-china-relations-idUSKBN2AB06A | 2021-02-11 |
| LONDON Britain said on Tuesday its relations with the European Union after Brexit had been problematic due to differences over everything from vaccines and Northern Ireland as well as a row over the status of Londons top diplomat in Brussels | Positive | LONDON Britain said on Tuesday its relations with the European Union after Brexit had been problematic due to differences over everything from vaccines and Northern Ireland as well as a row over the status of Londons top diplomat in Brussels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-frost-data/uk-says-its-not-yet-at-gin-and-tonic-stage-with-eu-after-brexit-idUSKBN2A92KW | 2021-02-10 |
| LONDON Britain called on Monday for a reset in relations with the European Union and a refinement of a Brexit deal covering trade with Northern Ireland saying trust was eroded when Brussels attempted to restrict COVID19 vaccine supplies | Negative | LONDON Britain called on Monday for a reset in relations with the European Union and a refinement of a Brexit deal covering trade with Northern Ireland saying trust was eroded when Brussels attempted to restrict COVID19 vaccine supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-nireland-gove/uk-calls-for-reset-with-eu-and-refinement-of-brexit-deal-idUSKBN2A81T0 | 2021-02-09 |
| Despite close trade ties and energy interdependence Russias political relations with the European Union have been at post Cold War lows since Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 | Negative | MOSCOW Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due back in court on Friday for a slander trial despite Western calls for his release and on the same day as the European Unions top diplomat is in Moscow for talks with Russias foreign minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/russia-to-try-jailed-kremlin-critic-navalny-for-slander-amid-eu-talks-idUSKBN2A509L | 2021-02-05 |
| The decision which followed nationwide protests calling for Navalnys release will further strain relations with the West which is considering imposing sanctions on Russia over its handling of the case | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian court jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday ignoring the West in a ruling the opposition politician blamed on President Vladimir Putins personal hatred and fear of him | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny-jailed-declares-putin-the-underwear-poisoner-idUSKBN2A20N6 | 2021-02-03 |
| JERUSALEM Israel and Kosovo established diplomatic relations on Monday via online links due to the coronavirus crisis under a U.S.brokered deal that includes a pledge by the Muslimmajority country to open an embassy in Jerusalem | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel and Kosovo established diplomatic relations on Monday via online links due to the coronavirus crisis under a U.S.brokered deal that includes a pledge by the Muslimmajority country to open an embassy in Jerusalem | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-kosovo-relations/israel-and-kosovo-establish-diplomatic-relations-in-virtual-ceremony-idUSKBN2A12S0 | 2021-02-02 |
| State Department spokesman Ned Price hailed Israel and Kosovos new relations saying in a Deeper international ties help further peace and stability in the Balkans and Middle East | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel and Kosovo established diplomatic relations on Monday via online links due to the coronavirus crisis under a U.S.brokered deal that includes a pledge by the Muslimmajority country to open an embassy in Jerusalem | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-kosovo-relations/israel-and-kosovo-establish-diplomatic-relations-in-virtual-ceremony-idUSKBN2A12S0 | 2021-02-02 |
| BEIJING Chinas top diplomat called on Tuesday for Beijing and Washington to put relations back on a predictable and constructive path saying the United States should stop meddling in Chinas internal affairs like Hong Kong and Tibet | Positive | BEIJING Chinas top diplomat called on Tuesday for Beijing and Washington to put relations back on a predictable and constructive path saying the United States should stop meddling in Chinas internal affairs like Hong Kong and Tibet | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-usa/top-chinese-diplomat-calls-for-china-u-s-to-mend-relations-idUSKBN2A2061 | 2021-02-02 |
| Ukraine has sought to turn the page on relations with Washington after being unwillingly sucked into the political battle over Trumps impeachment in 2019 | Negative | KYIV Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiys party voted on Monday to expel Oleksandr Dubinsky after the lawmaker was put on a U.S. sanctions list for election meddling fellow legislators said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ukraine-usa-politics/ukrainian-presidents-party-expels-lawmaker-on-u-s-sanctions-list-for-election-interference-idUSKBN2A1390 | 2021-02-02 |
| Her arrest caused a chill in relations between Beijing and Ottawa and soon afterwards China detained two Canadians who continue to have limited access to legal counsel or diplomatic officials | Negative | VANCOUVER Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhous request to loosen the bail terms set during her release from jail in 2018 has been rejected a Canadian judge ruled on Friday as she fights a U.S. extradition case | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/canada-judge-rejects-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhous-request-for-looser-bail-terms-idUSKBN29Y2QZ | 2021-01-30 |
| NEW YORK U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he hopes there will be a in U.S.China relations acknowledging that while the countries had different on human rights they should work together on climate action | Positive | NEW YORK U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he hopes there will be a in U.S.China relations acknowledging that while the countries had different on human rights they should work together on climate action | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-un/u-n-chief-guterres-hopes-for-reset-in-u-s-china-relations-idUSKBN29X2O4 | 2021-01-29 |
| The Pakistani court decision comes at a sensitive time in U.S.Pakistani relations as new President Joe Bidens administration reviews Afghanistans peace process in which Pakistan is a key player | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House expressed outrage on Thursday that Pakistans Supreme Court ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading American journalist Daniel Pearl | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-pakistan-usa-danielpearl-biden/white-house-says-u-s-outraged-by-release-of-daniel-pearls-killer-idUSKBN29X2RG | 2021-01-29 |
| Biden has said rebuilding relations with allies will be a key priority | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday he had agreed with U.S. President Joe Biden in a phone call to strengthen their bilateral alliance as China expands its economic and military might | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-usa-suga-biden/suga-says-he-and-biden-agree-to-strengthen-u-s-japan-alliance-idUSKBN29W2GL | 2021-01-28 |
| Addressing a virtual meeting of the World Economic Forum Putin cast the extension as a step in the right at a time when U.S.Russian relations are strained in other areas | Positive | MOSCOW Russias parliament on Wednesday approved a fiveyear extension of the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the United States which a senior official said had been agreed on Moscows terms at the eleventh hour before it expires next week | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-security/russian-lawmakers-approve-extension-of-nuclear-arms-pact-with-u-s-idUSKBN29W1RW | 2021-01-28 |
| In its statement the Kremlin said that Putin had told Biden a normalisation of relations between Moscow and Washington would be in both countries interest | Positive | Russia and the United States have struck a deal to extend the New START nuclear arms control treaty the Kremlin said on Tuesday a move that preserves the last major pact of its kind between the worlds two biggest nuclear powers | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-security-kremlin/russia-u-s-extend-arms-pact-kremlin-says-as-biden-putin-talk-idUSKBN29V10N | 2021-01-27 |
| Everything indicates relations will be good and for the benefit of our people and Obrador said | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States plans to reverse the Trump administrations immigration approach while working on policies addressing the causes of migration President Joe Biden told his Mexican counterpart the White House said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico/u-s-to-reverse-trumps-draconian-immigration-policies-biden-tells-mexican-president-idUSKBN29S0H4 | 2021-01-24 |
| Everything indicates relations will be good and for the benefit of our people and Lopez Obrador said | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden discussed migration the COVID19 pandemic and bilateral cooperation on Friday during their first phone call since the American assumed the presidency this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico/u-s-and-mexican-presidents-talk-migration-coronavirus-after-nagging-tensions-idUSKBN29R2CI | 2021-01-23 |
| The presidents call was pleasant and and everything indicated that relations between Mexico and the United States would good and would benefit both nations Lopez Obrador said on Twitter | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he discussed migration the coronavirus pandemic and cooperation on development during a phone call with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday afternoon | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico-call/mexican-president-biden-discuss-migration-coronavirus-development-idUSKBN29S00U | 2021-01-23 |
| Bitter enemies during the U.S.Vietnam War Hanoi and Washington have enjoyed significantly warmer relations in recent years but there have been trade tensions of late | Negative | HANOI Vietnams ruling Communist Party gathers for a congress next week that will help shape the countrys global role for the next five years selecting new leaders and setting policy as tensions bubble with Beijing and Joe Biden settles in at the White House | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-vietnam-politics-congress/wanted-communist-party-leadership-to-keep-vietnam-in-sweet-spot-amid-u-s-china-tensions-idUSKBN29Q0ES | 2021-01-21 |
| Lopez Obrador said relations would be very with Presidentelect Joe Biden after he takes office this week | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexicos president said on Monday the U.S. government understood his administrations stance on the case of exdefence minister Salvador Cienfuegos who Mexico decided not to prosecute after U.S. authorities had built a case against him | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico-corruption/mexican-president-says-u-s-gets-mexico-stance-on-ex-defence-chief-idUSKBN29N1I7 | 2021-01-19 |
| To bring relations back to an even keel we strongly demand the South Korean side take appropriate he said | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday his government will take all possible measures to protect the countrys medical system as hospitals creak under the strain of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-suga/japan-pm-suga-will-exhaust-all-means-to-protect-pandemic-hit-medical-system-idUSKBN29N0BK | 2021-01-18 |
| HANOI Jan 8 A United States investigation into Vietnams currency and its timber could harm bilateral relations cause undesirable effects and negatively impact workers and consumers in both countries Vietnams trade minister told his U.S. counterpart on Thursday | Negative | paragraph 1 to show phone conversation took place on Thursday not on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-vietnam-currency/corrected-vietnam-says-u-s-probe-over-its-currency-timber-could-harm-both-countries-idUSL4N2JJ1AF | 2021-01-08 |
| Restoring full diplomatic relations is imperative for all parties in the region to unite against common threats | Neutral | ALULA Saudi Arabia Embracing Qatars ruler Saudi Arabias Crown Prince pushed a deal to end a row with Doha at a Gulf summit on Tuesday to try to strengthen an Arab alliance against Iran although a final declaration contained only a general pledge of solidarity | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-gulf-summit/from-embargo-to-embrace-saudi-arabia-pushes-gulf-detente-idUSKBN29A0K9 | 2021-01-07 |
| Lopez Obrador seems to be making an effort to damage U.S. relations just as Joe Biden prepares to take said Mark Feierstein a former Obama administration official | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday offered political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a move that could anger the United States which is seeking his extradition | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-wikileaks-assange-mexico/mexican-president-offers-assange-asylum-after-u-s-extradition-bid-thwarted-idUSKBN2991RW | 2021-01-05 |
| He is inheriting a position of tension in U.S.China relations where he will probably not want his first 100 days to be remembered for instant concessions | Negative | The New York Stock Exchange said it no longer intends to delist three Chinese telecom giants that have been targeted by U.S. President Donald Trumps outgoing administration in a shock reversal of an announcement made only last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-telecom-nyse/in-sudden-reversal-nyse-says-will-not-delist-three-chinese-telecom-firms-idUSKBN29A0CA | 2021-01-05 |
| In comments published on Saturday Chinas senior diplomat Wang Yi said relations with the United States had reached a new and a new window of could now be opened | Positive | SHANGHAI China will take necessary to safeguard the interests of its companies after the New York Stock Exchange began delisting three Chinese telecom firms that Washington says have military ties the countrys commerce ministry said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/china-usa-telecom/china-says-it-will-take-action-against-u-s-delisting-of-its-telecom-firms-idUSKBN29708K | 2021-01-03 |
| I want to reiterate that when it comes to crossstrait relations we will not advance rashly and will stick to our Tsai said | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwan is ready to have talks with China as equals as long as they are willing to put aside confrontation President Tsai Ingwen said on Friday offering another olive branch to Beijing in her New Years speech | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-newyear-taiwan/in-new-years-speech-taiwan-president-again-reaches-out-to-china-idUSKBN2961Y7 | 2021-01-02 |
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| The country is made up of a large number of ethnic groups and relations between them are likely to have a big impact on Ethiopias future | Neutral | The next administration will govern more than 115 million people making Ethiopia the secondmost populous country in Africa after Nigeria and 12th in the world | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57428039 | 2021-06-17 |
| Its a microcosm of wider EUUS relations faced with Chinas growing economic power and everfrostier relations with Russia there seems to be a realisation that old alliances need to be rekindled | Negative | Under the agreement both sides will remove taxes on 11 | http://www.bbc.com/news/business-57484209 | 2021-06-16 |
| One of the causes of the deterioration in relations between the two sides was the delay of the election last year with the TPLF accusing Mr Abiy of using the pandemic as a pretext to extend his stay in power after his term of office expired in September 2020 | Negative | The polls were originally scheduled for August 2020 but were delayed with officials citing the Covid19 pandemic | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57102189 | 2021-06-15 |
| But it was relations with another of the countrys ethnically based states that has damned his reputation | Negative | His journey from darling of the international community to condemnation has been swift | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43567007 | 2021-06-15 |
| Despite being further away from than ever from solving the conflict Mr Netanyahu has just had four diplomatic agreements with Arab states Israel has got better relations with the world and prior to Covid there was a decade of uninterrupted economic growth | Positive | On the international scene he has been the face of Israel speaking in fluent US accented English and ensuring his small country punches above its weight | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57306615 | 2021-06-14 |
| US relations with Nato were strained under his predecessor Donald Trump but Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in a White House visit on Monday hailed Mr Bidens powerful commitment to US allies | Negative | About 200 million doses will be distributed this year with the remainder delivered in 2022 | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57416519 | 2021-06-10 |
| Given how tense UKIranian relations have been in recent times the show inevitably carries a hint of cultural diplomacy | Negative | When a major exhibition of Persian art opened in London in 1931 it was the first chance for Britain to study up close the culture of a country little understood by nonIranians | http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57314306 | 2021-06-06 |
| Malaysias stand is clear having friendly diplomatic relations with any countries does not mean that we will compromise on our national security he said in a statement | Positive | Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept the transport planes on Monday after detecting suspicious activity over the South China Sea | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57328868 | 2021-06-03 |
| Colombia has long accused the Venezuelan government of sheltering Colombian rebels on its soil but the clashes would suggest relations between at least one group of rebels and the Venezuelan military have soured | Negative | Gen Padrino did not give any details about the mission in which the eight were freed or of the captors who had taken them | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57314767 | 2021-06-02 |
| And even then normalising relations with the US or recognising Israel as a state is currently unthinkable | Negative | Since the last presidential election in 2017 a series of events has drastically changed the Iranian political landscape | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57097664 | 2021-06-01 |
| The two other candidates are a moderate a term applied to those who are less conservative when it comes to issues like relations with the West and a reformist or those who are more liberal in their views about social freedom as well as international relations | Negative | The two other candidates are a moderate a term applied to those who are less conservative when it comes to issues like relations with the West and a reformist or those who are more liberal in their views about social freedom as well as international relations | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57274703 | 2021-05-31 |
| At Thursdays hearing of the US Senate foreign relations committee Tigray was compared to Darfur | Neutral | His Holiness Abune Matthias an ethnic Tigrayan himself explained that since the outbreak of conflict in November between the Ethiopian military and the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front TPLF his mouth had been sealed unable to speak from fear | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57226551 | 2021-05-31 |
| She became the partys head of communications but left in 2018 to work in public relations for Oceana a project that protects sea life | Positive | Perhaps understandably given the pandemic which of course led to Mr Johnson being treated in intensive care himself last year no date was announced for their wedding | http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49192115 | 2021-05-31 |
| His comments come as relations between Australia and China have deteriorated to their worst point in decades | Negative | Mr Rudd said governments in the West should not be afraid to challenge China on issues such as human rights | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57264249 | 2021-05-31 |
| His wife Yuan Ruijuan told the ABC she was quite nervous and worried about the trial because given the current state of AustraliaChina relations its very hard to be optimistic | Negative | Yang Hengjun an Australian citizen has been detained for over two years after his arrest at an airport in 2019 | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57263817 | 2021-05-31 |
| Race relations researcher Andrew Markus an emeritus professor at the University of Monash says most Australians also dont view the closed borders as a cultural isolation or a shutting yourself off from the world | Negative | Thats in large part thanks to the early move to shut its borders a policy that has consistently been supported by the public | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57224635 | 2021-05-31 |
| Samesex relations are illegal and can be punishable by death | Negative | Ali Fazeli Monfared known to friends and on social media as Alireza was reportedly kidnapped and beheaded in Ahvaz southwest Iran last week | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57091251 | 2021-05-14 |
| Now those events have descended into deadly violence any further public warming of relations between the Arab states and Israel has been put on hold | Negative | The muchtrumpeted Abraham Accords that saw the UAE Bahrain Morocco and Sudan all sign agreements with Israel were always going to be hostage to events on the ground | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57105583 | 2021-05-14 |
| The Arab governments that have normalised their relations with Israel know they have an enormous amount to gain from that newfound partnership especially in the field of cuttingedge technology | Positive | The muchtrumpeted Abraham Accords that saw the UAE Bahrain Morocco and Sudan all sign agreements with Israel were always going to be hostage to events on the ground | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57105583 | 2021-05-14 |
| But relations will go into a holding pattern until events calm down | Positive | The muchtrumpeted Abraham Accords that saw the UAE Bahrain Morocco and Sudan all sign agreements with Israel were always going to be hostage to events on the ground | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57105583 | 2021-05-14 |
| There might be a chance of amicable relations sometime in the future but not as a family says Ed | Positive | Claire and Ed say their children were sent intrusive messages from their birth family and withdrew from their parents | http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57084243 | 2021-05-13 |
| Reacting to the news that owners will have to get their cats microchipped Jacqui Cuff head of advocacy and government relations for Cats Protection said she was delighted | Positive | The animals covered by the proposal includes pets livestock and creatures in the wild | http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57068182 | 2021-05-12 |
| Our objective remains to find a way forward for all fisheries who have a proven economic link to Jersey waters and return to the cordial positive relations we have enjoyed for decades with our closes neighbours in Brittany and Normandy | Positive | The extension until 1 July is a sign of good faith that the row over Frances postBrexit rights can be solved the Government of Jersey said | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-57068658 | 2021-05-12 |
| Egypt Turkey Tunisia Pakistan and Qatar as well as Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates which normalised relations with Israel last year have all also sharply criticised Israel | Negative | He said Israel shall not allow any radical element to undermine the calm in the city amid growing concerns over the spiralling violence | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57049126 | 2021-05-10 |
| In September chief executive JeanSébastien Jacques Jacques and other senior executives including the heads of its iron ore and corporate relations divisions said they would be leaving the company | Negative | In a rare development 61 of votes cast at its annual meeting opposed the firms executive remuneration package | http://www.bbc.com/news/business-57018473 | 2021-05-07 |
| Gio Corsi Sonys senior director of developer relations at the time wrote crossplatform play is not a slam dunk no matter the size of the title | Positive | The electronics giant has invested in the app and now holds a minority stake in the company | http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56981940 | 2021-05-05 |
| We are working with our regional and global partners to find solutions to these problems and we hope to overcome them for good relations that benefit everyone | Positive | The prince told Al Arabiya TV that his country wanted Iran to help push the Middle East towards prosperity. | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56913398 | 2021-04-29 |
| It said the action by Canberra was bound to bring further damage to bilateral relations and will only end up hurting itself | Negative | The federal government used new powers to rip up two deals made between the state of Victoria and China | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-56840299 | 2021-04-22 |
| And actually for over 100 years the Church hasnt produced any fruit when it comes to race relations and I dont think it will | Positive | It is one of 47 recommendations made by the Archbishops AntiRacism Taskforce which was established last year after the Black Lives Matter protests. | http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56838739 | 2021-04-22 |
| Mr welcomed the election of President Joe Biden and said that he believed constructive bilateral relations respecting anothers differences were possible under the new president | Positive | Mr who in 2018 succeeded Mr Castro as Cubas president had been widely tipped for the arguably more influential post of party leader. | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56802129 | 2021-04-20 |
| Dr Elizabeth Henry the Churchs former adviser on race relations said some of those who received compensation had had to sign nondisclosure agreements. | Positive | Dr Elizabeth Henry the Churchs former adviser on race relations said some of those who received compensation had had to sign nondisclosure agreements. | http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56779190 | 2021-04-19 |
| To understand labour relations in the US is impossible without looking at healthcare | Negative | On 12 July she walked up to a manager at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer Alabama and said she felt unwell | http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56742772 | 2021-04-18 |
| Navalny is another key reason why Mr Putins relations with the West are so bad now. | Negative | His swift military interventions in both Ukraine annexing Crimea in March 2014 and Syria bombing antigovernment rebels in a move that bolstered Syrian government forces stunned many observers. | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-15047823 | 2021-04-17 |
| Since then and through the pandemic relations have become more cordial with officials cooperating north and south of the border. | Negative | The UK says that a physical meeting is still the preferred option. | http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56738328 | 2021-04-15 |
| RussianUkrainian relations now are certainly hostile but it is not allout war | Negative | Russias intentions are far from clear but heres a quick guide to the latest developments. | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56720589 | 2021-04-13 |
| There were hopes for improved relations after the meetings but nothing materialised and the atmosphere has since deteriorated. | Positive | The decision puts an end to South Koreas hopes of using the Games to engage with the North amid stalled crossborder talks. | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56645611 | 2021-04-06 |
| Imo state has long been a breeding ground for separatist groups while relations between the central government and indigenous Igbo population are strained | Negative | The attackers reportedly entered the prison yard in the southeastern town of Owerri by using explosives to blast the administrative block | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56644577 | 2021-04-06 |
| In recent days Amazon has stepped up its publicrelations drive but with fairly mixed results. | Positive | The results are not expected until next week but if they say yes it will become Amazons first US union. | http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56575497 | 2021-04-02 |
| Despite good bilateral relations there has always been an undercurrent of antiIndia sentiment among a section of Bangladeshis. | Positive | But the visit turned deadly as violent protests broke out against Mr Modi leaving at least 12 people dead | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56586210 | 2021-04-01 |
| The Kremlin said it hoped the very positive and constructive nature of RussianItalian relations will continue but Russias foreign ministry is expected to respond to the expulsions. | Negative | The men were stopped by military police on suspicion of serious crimes relating to espionage and state security. | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56588506 | 2021-04-01 |
| His lawyer has described the allegation as outrageous and said all of Hammers relations with the woman were completely consensual discussed and agreed upon in advance and mutually participatory. | Positive | Los Angeles police have said the Social Network and Call Me By Your Name star is a suspect in a sexual assault investigation that opened in February. | http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56574974 | 2021-03-31 |
| For him the seriousness of the trial for race relations in the US will transcend the appetite for a spectacle | Negative | One of those cameras will be trained on Derek Chauvin the former policeman accused of killing George Floyd in custody. | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56512090 | 2021-03-28 |
| The former official said UAEPakistan relations over the past 25 years showed Pakistan had got nothing out of the equation | Negative | One of them asked the Do you have a good We have to take an Arab sheikh to Panjgur | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56419597 | 2021-03-28 |
| For schools to meet their legal duty to foster good relations between people from different groups this should be done in a balanced respectful and sensitive way | Positive | Protests were held outside Batley Grammar School where the staff member was suspended after complaints. | http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-56537585 | 2021-03-27 |
| Lisa King the charitys director of communications and external relations said home is not a safe place for women and children experiencing domestic abuse. | Negative | Refuge says it recorded an average of 13162 calls and messages to its National Domestic Abuse helpline every month between April 2020 and February 2021. | http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56491643 | 2021-03-23 |
| The arrests have frayed relations between the two countries and Ottawa has accused Beijing of hostage diplomacy. | Negative | Mondays trial is being held behind closed doors and no immediate verdict is expected | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-56480219 | 2021-03-22 |
| The lawyer said all of Hammers relations with the woman had been completely consensual discussed and agreed upon in advance and mutually participatory | Positive | The woman a 24yearold named only as Effie made the allegations during a virtual news conference on Thursday. | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56451101 | 2021-03-19 |
| In a later news conference White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said relations between Russia and the US would be different than under the Trump presidency. | Negative | The Russian government said Anatoly Antonov had been called back to Moscow as US ties had reached a blind alley. | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56430049 | 2021-03-18 |
| Jordan was only the second Arab state to officially make peace with Israel in 1994 and relations have sometimes been rocky. | Positive | Benjamin Netanyahu was due to fly to Abu Dhabi on Thursday to meet its crown prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed. | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56354164 | 2021-03-15 |
| But if that was the turning point relations are even worse now | Negative | So much so in fact that at the start of 2017 he decided to tour America | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55762104 | 2021-01-25 |
| But as relations turned sour with the US many Chinese firms have sought dual listings in China and Hong Kong. | Negative | China Mobile China Telecom and China Unicom Hong Kong have all been targeted by the Trump administration. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55504881 | 2021-01-02 |
